The prize distribution ceremony was attended by Justices P.K. Shamsuddin and K.A. Abdul Gafoor and Jamal Malappuram, an Islamic scholar, and a large number of parents, academics and media persons.

Islahiya Association runs a number of educational institutions in Chennamangallur, a village in Calicut district, including Islahiya College, Islahiya Women's College, Islahiya Media Academy, two English schools, a higher secondary school and an orphanage.