Madarsas that are willing to impart mainstream education along with religious education would be brought under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme of the central government. When state government was confused about the status of Madarsa students in its recent survey of out-of-school children, this initiative by MHRD comes as a motivation to Madarsas. However experts still doubt complete success to the module as Madarsas may fear government control, which is may come along with grants.

Coming under the SSA will mean being eligible to receive government grants, which can be used for infrastructural development and other aspects such as teacher training. Until now Madarsas received grants under the scheme for providing quality education. It is expected that with this move, Madarsas, which are only looking at imparting religious education will change their form by adding mainstream curriculum by affiliating with available school board options.