Udupi: Students will not be allowed to wear headscarf inside classroom

Udupi: Students will not be allowed to wear headscarf inside classroom

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, January 2, 2022: At a Government PU College for girl’s in Udupi on Saturday, it was decided not to allow students to wear headscarf inside the classroom. Principal Rudre Gowda said that the meeting was held in the presence of college betterment committee president MLA Raghupathi Bhat and other leaders.

Deputy director, department of PU education Maruthi, Udupi town police and parents of the students were present. The parents have agreed to the decision. It was decided that the college has no problem with women wearing the burkha when they are in the campus premises, but they will have to follow the college rules inside the classroom.

With this, the row over wearing the headscarf continued on Saturday. Campus Front of India representatives, along with the students and a few parents, held a press conference and demanded action against the principal, and said that the students must be allowed to wear the headscarf inside the classroom. “The meeting held at the college on Saturday was one-sided. They did not pay heed to the request of parents. The issue was raised last year, but due to the lockdown, it was not taken up further. A memorandum on the issue was also handed over to the ADC and DDPU, recently,” they said.

Meanwhile, about six students maintained that they will enter the classroom only if they are allowed to wear the headscarf.

Courtesy: Times of India