Bengaluru: Citing the recent High Court’s verdict, an education institute in Hubballi district, Karnataka has not allowed Muslim girls to appear for their class 10 board examination while wearing hijab.
However, a majority of girls preferred to appear in the examination without wearing a hijab, saying that exams are more important than wearing headscarf in exam halls, sources said.
According to the information, school management sent back girl students who arrived in the centre wearing hijab in Karnataka despite their protest.
Meanwhile, a similar incident happened at government school in Ilkal town of Bagalkote district where Muslim students were not allowed to write the board exam wearing hijab while a Muslim female supervisor also suspended in Bengaluru for wearing hijab on duty.