Over 50 girls of Dr G Shankar Government Women’s First Grade College wearing hijab here on Thursday returned without attending classes as the college management implemented the High Court’s interim order. The hijab-clad students had boycotted the classes on Wednesday too. The college has a long history of allowing students to wear a black headscarf in the classrooms along with
In December 2021 a government college in India’s Karnataka province denied entry to six students attempting to enter class, because they were wearing hijab, a headscarf worn by many Muslim girls and women. School administrators alleged that wearing a headscarf was against the school’s dress code and stated that the…
Over the past week, the notion of college has changed for Shanmukha (name changed) and his friends. What once was a place of learning has become a divided house. He says of the 105 students in his class, 50 started sporting saffron stoles from February 4, protesting against the hijab-wearing Muslim students. By February 7, all five Muslim classmates (both male and female)