Uttarakhand has decided to replace Friday with Sunday as the weekly holiday for madrasas covered by its new minority education framework, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Wednesday, linking the move to the principle of a uniform system across educational institutions.

“We have already introduced a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state. There should be a uniform system for everyone. All educational institutions should operate in the same direction, and we are working towards that goal,” Dhami said at the sidelines of an event on Wednesday.

The change is part of a broader restructuring of minority education in Uttarakhand, where the government has abolished the statutory Madrasa Education Board and replaced it with the Uttarakhand State Authority for Minority Education (USAME).

Established under the Uttarakhand Minority Education Act, 2025, the authority regulates institutions run by six notified minority communities — Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis.

Secretary of Minority…