Karnataka suspends 7 teachers for allowing hijab-clad students to write exam

Bengaluru, Mar 31: Karnataka govt has suspended at least seven teachers for allegedly permitting students wearing hijabs to appear for class X board examinations, despite a government order mandating the wearing of uniforms after the high court banned religious attire.

 

 

Allegedly, seven teachers who allowed girl students to appear for their SSLC examinations wearing hijabs have been suspended from duty. The teachers on Wednesday gave entry to the students inside the exam halls despite a government order mandating the wearing of uniforms after the high court banned religious attire across educational institutions earlier this month.

 

As of now, no action has been taken against the students who wrote the exams wearing hijabs despite the state government warning of disciplinary action on anyone violating the court order.

 

 

 

The five teachers suspended from CS Patil Higher Primary School were identified as SU Hokkala, SM Pathar, KB Bajanthri, BS Honnagudi, and SS Gujamagadi. SG Godage from Sharana Basaveshwara High school, Batagere, and VN Kivudara, Bapuji Primary School, Gadag were the other teachers who faced action for letting hijab-clad students attend exams.

 

The suspension comes after the Karnataka High Court banned all religious attire across educational institutions in the state earlier this month. Earlier on March 15, Karnataka High Court's three-judge bench dismissed all the petitions challenging the ban on hijab verdict inside Karnataka schools and had ruled that wearing hijabs was not an essential practice of Islam.

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