MANILA: Squabbles caused by duplication of duties must be stopped to enable a long-term solution to be formulated for the better administration of over 150,000 tahfiz students nationwide. Issues mainly involved unregulated operations of tahfiz schools, which lead to many not adhering to safety guidelines usually enforced on schools by the Education Ministry. “Tahfiz schools come under the jurisdiction of state governments and this has caused some complications. On proposals by tahfiz schools officers at a special committee meeting in Putrajaya yesterday, Zahid reiterated that it should be geared towards long-term solutions. “The same committee made proposals following a tragedy in 1997 where 24 tahfiz students were killed.

Source: New Strait Times September 20, 2017 11:10 UTC