Al-Nur defends separate classes for Muslims

He explained that the move is informed by the choice of subjects by primary school pupils and secondary school students. Under the new school timetable, Muslims would undergo Islamic teaching in the morning when other learners take secular subjects from Monday to Thursday. In the afternoon session, the Muslims will be taught secular subjects while the rest of the learners go home.

Khan was responding to a questionnaire after it was alleged that the new system separates learners taking Islamic subjects in the morning and those not taking the subjects. It was alleged that the learners not taking the Islamic  subjects would knock off early while those taking Islamic would be engaged in the afternoon during the secular subjects which they would not otherwise have had time to take in the morning. The question was whether or not the learners  benefited equally or a certain group was given more preference over the other.