Question for skool teechers

What does, Muftie stand for. I remember my kids going to skool 30 odd years ago and them asking for money to take to skool because its muftie day and they were allowed to go in normal clothes, I asked numerous times what muftie is or stands for and never got a sensible answer, This came to mind today because I was going past a skool on my bike ride and the kids were all in a long queue in normal clothes and i'm guessing going on a end of term coach trip,

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Tom, Mufti means changing from wearing a uniform to ordinary clothes sometimes for an occasion. I first heard that when my husband said it when he changed out of his uniform into "civvies" after work.

Tom, as mollie said, it is a word to refer to wearing ordinary clothes by people who usually wear uniforms or special clothes for work or anything similar.
The education system in connection to schools where uniforms were/are worn by pupils decided to have these days which allowed pupils the possibility of attending school in clothes of the ir choice as long as they were/are considered appropriate; there was/is a small donation to the school for, what was/is considered a certain privilege to attend the school and to be dressed in clothes which are not part of the school's uniform.
I believe, the word "mufti" is not an abbreviation as I am reasonably sure that it originates from Arabic.
When this (mufti day) first came to my attention, I found it extremely strange as it totally went against some of the rules of the school uniform and why the school uniform is still part of our society when formality is regarded as being not as strong.

Mollie, I think that the word came into our language via the military and has been in our language since the 19th century. This would make sense due to the wars fought in countries in that particular century and what became regarded as The British Empire with military people introducing words into our language from another language, such as the word "bungalow".
But! This is certainly not new and it is going to continue as new words are being created with some old words being given new meanings.

At our school there was nothing about Mufftying, teacher said on "On Friday (last day) you can come in your own clothes"

Which got me to thinking "well who does this uniform belong too'

One lad in my class came to school on the last day in an RAF jacket, in his pyjamas and slippers, and that was by train from Parbold, and he had a bit of a walk from the station in Parbold to where he lived

One of my mates has 3 kids in skool and today is a muftie day because its end of term and the skool are charging £5 per kid, So my mate had to pay £15 so that ' small donation' can be quite painful for some,, And thanks for the explanation. I always assumed Muftie stood for some phrase like
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Uniform
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Token
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Tom, I believe that the "small donation" or, in this case, "charge" is entirely down to the school. Therefore, your mate has every right to question the charge and every right to put his complaint forward.
Additionally, it was optional - it was not compulsory. This allowed pupils (or parents) to make that choice. I would think that it is still optional.
By the way, when I was introduced to this non-uniform option day it was below a pound and this was not one hundred years ago, that's for sure!

It is a donation, and not compulsory at any school.
Nobody is made to pay!
Where did you get your information from about HAVING to pay, Tom?

Cheshirecat, I would like to take this opportunity to say "Thank you" for lending your support, it is appreciated.

got your claws out again Chesh ? there is a lot of peer pressure in skools and kids don't like to be different so its not so much as ' having to pay' Its a tax that good parents do pay. I think it was 20p when i paid my kids mufti but, that was't the only one, draws, skool trips, party this and collection that, there was no end and the racketeers are still at it,,,,,

Tom, I can't speak for cheshirecat, but I was not attempting, in any way, to get at you - I posted to try and be of help. Also, I was under the impression that cheshirecat was only supporting my statement about this cost as being optional.
You are perfectly correct in what you said about "peer pressure" and this is obvious in certain social environments. Attending a school as a pupil may offer certain difficulties beyond just learning a given school subject to obtain a qualification. A school environment can be a happy one or an unhappy one for a pupil and possibly being rejected by those pupils for whom this environment is their governing territory becomes a fear for many pupils.

Ian, I'm not getting at you at all, Chesh is one of my devoted readers and dissects every word i type and questions where and why I say things, I'm extremely flattered by it and it keeps me on my toes, I'm sorry if I typed something out wrongly, It was not intended as such

It's fine, Tom.
Thanks for taking the time to clarify your response.

As an ex school teacher I can confirm that at my school it was always a donation not compulsory. Too many families in poverty.