The Ministry of Education has spurned calls to delay the start of the school year until the end of Ramadan. Pupils in all schools using the ministry curriculum will return to classrooms at the end of the summer holidays on the usual date, Aug 31. Although public and private schools run on truncated schedules during Ramadan, which this year starts on Sept 1, some schools and parents had lobbied for the term to start after Ramadan as in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Was this the right decision by the ministry or should the start of the school year been delayed until the end of Ramadan? To have your say click on the link below.