DDHK News, England - Teachers in the UK appealed for exams A-level (exams before entering university) and GCSE (exams for students aged 14-16 years) are carefully scheduled to help Muslim students fasting during Ramadan.
This year Ramadan starts on June 29, but the next five years Ramadan coincides with the exam season.
The Teachers and Lecturers Association said the test results of Muslim students who fast from sunrise to sunset can have an effect because of fasting.
As reported by the page Indonesian BBCThe association holds various negotiations with the board that handles the exams to find solutions that can help fasting students.
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This means reducing the number of examinations scheduled for one day and ensuring that subject matter such as Math and English is scheduled in the morning.
The association's annual conference on Wednesday (16/04) in Manchester called for a greater awareness of the situation.
Bolton's Barry Lingard supports this thinking and says: "Fasting from dawn to sunset can affect students in many ways."
“These students will not eat or drink which makes it difficult for them to give their best results.
“This issue is even more important with the steps proposed for linear assessments.
They will only have one chance to acquire this important qualification.
"And in the next few years, Muslim students will be in an unfavorable condition."
Abdul Choudhury of Tower Hamlets in London said the British Muslim Council considers 16-year-olds to be fasting adults so students who take the exam GCSE and A-level will be affected. (bbc.co.uk). *
