A private college in Thiruvananthapuram is inside the information for asking a newly admitted hijab-carrying pupil to take a transfer certificate and depart if she can not comply with the dress code. The student, beginning her magnificence eight, became a brand new entrant inside the Jyoti Nilayam Higher Secondary School. Her father alleges that the faculty authorities, particularly the Principal, had met the lady at some stage in the admission manner but failed to mention that head scarfs were a strict no-no. The pupil’s father alleges that the Principal decided to ditch the headband.
“She had not faced this hassle inside the other college, where she studied from LKG to Elegance 8. This turned into an interview and an admission test. During this procedure, we had met the Principal. However, she had not noted that the top scarf was banned. Further, I did not see anything unique about this in the college diary, admission shape, and many others,” the lady’s father, Muneer*, a Thiruvananthapuram resident, tells TNM. The school reopened on Thursday, June 6. On Friday, the Principal spotted the scholar and requested her to ‘change it.’ The scholar pressured about the assertion, did not understand that the Principal meant the veil, and persevered to wear it.
“When the Principal met her again, she stated that a headband was now not allowed inside the campus or classes and that she ought to wear it after faculty hours and outside of the compound. She also asked her not to come to high school with the headscarf on Monday,” the woman’s father said. On Monday, while the father met the Principal, he alleged that they had been asked to take a switch certificate and go away if they could not follow the get-dressed code.
“I asked her why they did now not tell us about the top scarf. She asked why we had no longer asked her if the Hijab was allowed. I was not organized to take a transfer as the school year had already started, and we did not have a seat in any other college. But the Principal insisted that we do,” he alleges. Further, Muneer said he had crammed the reason as ‘no longer allowed to wear the headscarf inside the transfer certificate. However, when he was given the TC certificate returned, the motive changed modified to ‘higher centers.’
Muneer is likewise planning to soak up the matter with the Education Department.
Speaking to TNM, the government at the Jyoti Nilayam college alleged that the college diary clearly commands that everyone observe the dress code. “We have not specifically stated that Hijab isn’t always allowed. But instructions are given to comply with the dress code mandatorily,” a respected official in the Principal’s workplace instructed TNM.
Regarding the row, the authentic additionally reported that faculty authorities had discussed the difficulty. “We no longer ask them to take a TC. They were clear that they could not comply with the get-dressed code to the tee, and subsequently, they demanded a TC,” the college alleges.