Kanthapuram faction not to back stir against additional school hours

At a time when the Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama led by Syed Mohammed Jifri Muthukoya Thangal is all set to launch an agitation against the additional instructional hours in State syllabus schools claiming that it will affect those studying in madrasas, the Samastha faction led by Sunni scholar Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar has sought to distance itself from the protest.

A.K. Abdul Hameed, secretary of the Sunni Educational Board of the Kanthapuram faction, told the media on Saturday that the issue could be sorted out through talks with the government. He said that the group had expressed its concerns over the additional hours impacting madrasa studies to the government. Mr. Hameed said that Mr. Musliyar had contacted both Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and General Education Minister V. Sivankutty. “We will offer our suggestions during the proposed talks with Mr. Sivankutty,” he added.