Lakshadweep: Schools of Lakshadweep will remain open on Friday, protest will remain closed on Sunday. India News – Times of India

Kochi: Lakshadweep The administration has changed the weekly holiday for the schools of the district Union Territory (UT) From Friday to Sunday, protests broke out in the Muslim-majority archipelago. According to the 2011 census, Muslims make up about 96% of Lakshadweep’s population, and for decades, schools there have Fridays as holidays.
An order issued by the Education Department of the Union Territory Administration on December 17 said that school timings and routine activities should be “ensure optimum utilization of resources and proper engagement of learners and necessary planning of teaching-learning”. Modification has been “suggested”. Process”.
The order also includes detailed subject-wise allocation of classes for both English-medium and Malayalam-medium schools for the 2021-22 academic year, adding that all Fridays will be working days.
Reacting to the development, Lakshadweep MP Mohammad Faizal PP said that Fridays have become a holiday in schools since they were launched six decades ago.

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