Hijab row reignites tensions as school, minister spar

St. Rita’s Public School in Kochi’s Palluruthy reopened on Wednesday, although the eighth-grade student at the centre of the dispute remained absent, citing health reasons.

- HD Bureau

But the management and Education Minister V. Sivankutty, traded sharp public statements over the schools treatment of a pupil seeking to wear a hijab, which has kept he issue live, although at one stage it appeared to have been solved amicablyThe Catholic daily Deepika published a blistering editorial accusing the government of “appeasement and silence” on the matter. On Tuesday, the state government directed th