Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced on 11 April 2017 that, on the basis of the principles of the Darul Uloom Deoband, a Dawra-e-Hadith certificate issued by a Qawmi Madrasah would be treated as equivalent to a master's degree in Islamic studies and Arabic.[3] Two days later the Ministry of Education published a gazette elaborating on the decision. It gave a committee formed by the Qawmi Madrasah boards the authority to supervise the Dawrah-e-Hadith examinations.[4]

On 19 September 2018, parliament passed a bill putting the decision into law, retrospective to April 2017. It recognized Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh as a board that integrates the six existing Qawmi Madrasa education boards:[5] Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh, Befaqul Madarisil Qawmia Gauhordanga Bangladesh, Anjumane Ittehadul Madaris Bangladesh, Azad Deeni Edaraye Talim Bangladesh, Tanjeemul Madarisid Diniya Bangladesh and Jatiya Deeni Madrasa Shikkha Board Bangladesh.[6] The chairman of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh will be the ex-officio chairman of the combined board.[5]

The Haiatul Ulya was founded to assure a standardized curriculum and to provide centralized examination for all of the institutions under six Qawmi Madrsa Education Board and hence to be able to get Govt recognition.[7] The main functions of the federation are: creation of syllabus, checking standard of education, arrangement of examination and issuance of degrees.[1][2]

The following are some of the notable Qawmi Madrasahs in Bangladesh:

• Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam
• Jamia Tawakkulia Renga Madrasah
• Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar - also known as Lalkhan Bazar Madrasah
• Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh
• Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya
• Jamia Shariyyah Malibagh, Dhaka
• Jamia Rahmania Arabia Dhaka
• Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia

• Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board
• Dars-i-Nizami
• Education in Bangladesh
• Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
• Islam in Bangladesh
• Religious education

• Sakurai, Keiko; Adelkhah, Fariba (7 March 2011). The Moral Economy of the Madrasa: Islam and Education Today. Taylor & Francis. pp. 76–. ISBN 978-1-136-89401-5.
• Harrison, Frances (June 2013). Political Islam and the Elections in Bangladesh (PDF) (Report). Institute of Commonwealth Studies. pp. 126–130.