Complex sentence: Students were required to attend morning prayers, sometimes as early as 5 a.m., they were required to study in their rooms for six hours a day and were forbidden to associate with people of questionable moral character.
Split into simpler sentences: Students were required to attend morning prayers, sometimes as early as 5 a.m. and were expected to study in their rooms for six hours a day. In addition, they were forbidden to associate with people of questionable moral character.