With the warm weather arriving, students across the country will be looking forward to the summer holidays, but before they arrive, many have to get through the exam season.
While it can be difficult enough supporting students and teaching staff at this time of year, the 2015 exam season proposes to be the biggest challenge facing educators in 25 years as Ramadan is expected to fall within the exams calendar.
Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, traditionally beginning when the new moon is sighted and ending with the arrival of the next lunar month. As the timing of Ramadan is determined by the lunar cycle, dates are not definitive but the season generally moves by approximately 10 days every year. This year, Muslims are anticipating Ramadan will start on June 29, by which time most exams will have been completed. In 2015, however, Ramadan is expected to start around June 18, resulting in a clash with exams which is predicted to last until at least 2018.
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