FPJ-Ed: Lakshadweep administration ends system of holidays on Fridays for schools

FPJ-Ed: Lakshadweep administration ends system of holidays on Fridays for schools

PTIUpdated: Tuesday, December 21, 2021, 12:03 PM IST
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Fridays will no longer be weekly holidays for school students in Muslim dominated Lakshadweep.

The Lakshadweep Education Department has brought out a new calendar declaring Fridays working days and all Sundays holidays for schools in the islands, ending the decades old privilege of the students for having Fridays as holidays in the islands on religious grounds.

Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal said ever since the schools were opened in islands for providing education for students some six decades ago, Friday was holiday and Saturday up to half day was working day.

He said this decision was taken without discussing with any of the bodies of schools, the district panchayat or with the local MP.

"Such a decision is not within the people's mandate. It is a unilateral decision of the administration", Faizal told PTI.

He said whenever a change is brought in the local system, it must be discussed with the people.

Official sources said the administration modified the school timings and regular school activities to ensure "optimum utilization of resources, proper engagement of learners and necessary planning of teaching learning process".

P P Abbas, Vice President cum Counsellor of the Lakshadweep District Panchayat, wrote a letter to the Advisor to Administrator Praful Khoda Patel, requesting him to reconsider the order of the Education Department to address the sentiments of the students and parents.

In his letter, he said that the ethnic population of Lakshadweep are Muslimsand and to their faith, Friday is a holiday and offering Juma Namaz on Friday is considered to be an unavoidable religious practice.

He requested the administration to convene a meeting of elected representatives and other stakeholders to discuss the issue.

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