STUDENTS IN HIJAB NOT ALLOWED IN EXAM HALL

TWO second pre-university students of commerce stream from Women’s Government PU College, Udupi, who are also petitioners in the hijab case, were sent back from the examination centre at Vidyodaya PU College, Udupi on Friday. The examination supervisor told the students to go back as they insisted that they will write the exam, which began on Friday, wearing hijab.

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After waiting till 10.45 am, when the half-an-hour grace period was over, the exam supervisor sent out Aliya Assadi and Resham as they were not ready to remove their hijab. During that half-an-hour, Vidyodaya PU College Principal Sandeep tried to convince the students, pointing to the Karnataka High Court order, which has banned hijab inside classrooms.

But the students did not budge, sources said. The hijab petitioners left the exam centre refusing to speak to the media.