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