: Lakshadweep: Decision to change weekly holiday in schools from Friday to Sunday sparks controversy #IndiaNEWS Political parties, local bodies and civil society groups on Wednesday criticised the Lakshadweep

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Lakshadweep: Decision to change weekly holiday in schools from Friday to Sunday sparks controversy #IndiaNEWS
Political parties, local bodies and civil society groups on Wednesday criticised the Lakshadweep administration’s decision to change the weekly holiday for schools in the Union Territory from Friday to Sunday.For decades, schools in Lakshadweep have remained closed on Fridays so that students could offer namaz. According to the 2011 Census, Muslims constitute nearly 96% of the island’s population.The Education Department of the Lakshadweep administration had notified the change in weekly holidays on December 17. The order included a subject-wise allotment of classes and mentioned Fridays as working days.It also notified changes in school timings to “ensure optimum utilisation of resources and proper engagemenet of learners and necessary planning of teaching-learning process�, according to The Times of India.The Save Lakshadweep Forum, an umbrella organisation of political and religious bodies, said that it would oppose the order of the Education Department because it can “destroy the region’s cultural identity�, the Hindustan Times reported.Lakshadweep’s Nationalist Congress Party MP Mohammed Faizal PP said that the decision was “unilateral and unpopular�, The Indian Express reported. He blamed the Union Territory’s administrator Praful Khoda Patel for taking the decision without consulting elected representatives.Praful Khoda Patel, a former Gujarat MLA of the Bharatiya Janata Party, has been at the centre of controversy over a slew of regulations introduced in Lakshadweep earlier this year. The new regulations include...Read more

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