MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur (PIA)--Public and private schools here start the observance of a 10-day break to allow Muslim students, teachers, and non-teaching personnel to religiously observe the last ten days of Ramadan.
The 10-day break complies with City Ordinance No. 24, Series of 2022, which declared the last 10 days of Ramadan as non-working holidays for all public and private schools in the city.
The said ordinance aims to provide Muslim teachers and students the opportunity to have more time to devote to worship and do good deeds in the last 10 days of Ramadhan and to religiously observe the Laylatul Qadr, or Night of Power, which takes place during these days.
Laylatul Qadr is one of the most sacred nights in the Islamic calendar, as it is believed to be the night in which the Qur'an was revealed to Prophet Muhammad and the night in which one's fate is decreed.
Classes are expected to resume, April 24, 2023.
Newly-appointed City Schools Division Superintendent Anna Zenaida Unte, however, reiterated in her division memorandum that classes will be conducted on other holidays to compensate for the 10-day break.
Meanwhile, the said city ordinance also allows half-day work for the government and private offices in the city. (JD/PIA-10/Lanao del Sur)
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