The Addis Ababa City Education Office has faced opposition to the eighth grade city-wide exam that it said it would hold at the end of June on the day of Eid al-Adha, which is celebrated by followers of Islam.
The Addis Ababa City Education Office has faced opposition to the eighth grade city-wide exam that it said it would hold at the end of June on the day of Eid al-Adha, which is celebrated by followers of Islam.
According to the latest plan announced by the Education Bureau, the exam will be held on June 19 and 20, 2015. However, in a letter written by the Supreme Council of Addis Ababa Islamic Affairs yesterday, Wednesday, May 2, 2015, stating that the 2015 Arafat and Eid al-Adha holidays will be celebrated according to the schedule issued by the office; He protested that giving exams on this day is “inappropriate and makes students not sit for exams”.
In his letter, the City Majlis urged that the date of the exam should be pushed forward or pushed back from the festival dates. In a letter written to the Supreme Council of Ethiopian Islamic Affairs, the Mayor of Addis Ababa and the Office of the Prosperity Party of Addis Ababa, the council requested that the exam be held 3 days before or 3 days after the festival.
The Addis Ababa City Education Office issued the exam schedule; As of the time this report was prepared, nothing is known about whether the Supreme Council of Addis Ababa Islamic Affairs has responded to the letter.
