Muslim organisations in the State do not favour the M.A. Khader Committee recommendation to make the school timing from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Even when they agree that there are certain advantages for utilizing the morning hours for school education, they point out that there will be certain disadvantages from the State’s social perspective.
The prime reason for Muslim bodies opposing the school time change is the fear it will upset the religious education being imparted through madrasas in the morning. There are thousands of madrasas being run by different Muslim organisations in the State, where children are given religious and moral education from 7 a.m. to 8.30 a.m.
The Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulamas, two mega bodies of Muslim scholars headed by Syed Jifri Muthukoya Thangal and Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar respectively, have called upon the government to reject the recommendation to change the school timing.
