A holiday is declared in the institutions even before the announcement of the state government.
Dress code controversy affected three more colleges in the coastal region on Tuesday, forcing them to declare a holiday earlier State government has given three days holiday In this connection.
Holiday declared in colleges to bring stressful situation Came under control after some students came out with saffron pattas and hijabs with saffron shawls.
Hence, the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Pre University and Degree College, both located on the same campus, in Udupi and Government First Grade College at Vamadapadavu in Bantwal taluk, Dakshina Kannada, have declared a holiday.
Established in 1949, MGM Degree College is a Grade A recognized college by NAAC and is a renowned institution in the coastal region.
Some boys and girls wear both Saffron Peta and Shawl While some girls were seen wearing saffron shawls or hijabs on the premises of two of MGM’s colleges.
Though the situation on the college campus was tense for sometime in the forenoon as students gathered inside the campus and protested against each other, it eased after the college holiday was declared.
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Afterwards the students gradually dispersed.
MGM Degree College principal Devidas Naik told presspersons that the campus of the colleges is healthy.
The issue of hijab has provoked students of colleges, who declared a holiday to bring the situation under control.
Colleges, both Pre University and Degree Section, will remain closed till the Management Committee takes a decision on reopening of classes.
Varsha, a student wearing a saffron shawl, told media persons outside the college in Udupi that the students were wearing shawls and pattas as some students came wearing hijabs. The college told students on Monday that neither shawls nor hijabs would be allowed in classes.
But some students wore hijab on Tuesday as well. “Hence, we also wore saffron shawls. We want equality and uniformity,” she said.
Asked whether students were wearing hijabs before college, he said they did. “But now as per the order of the government, it is not allowed,” she said.
Meanwhile, an altercation broke out in Dakshina Kannada on Tuesday with some students, both girls and boys, of Government First Grade College in Vamadapadavu in Bantwal taluk, wearing saffron shawls on the campus.
They raised slogans that the college should not allow girls to wear hijab inside the classrooms.
Seeing that the situation was getting tense, the college immediately declared a holiday for two days.
Mangalore University Registrar (Administration) CK Kishore Kumar told Hindu Colleges where holiday has been declared have been suggested to conduct online classes.
Another degree college in Dakshina Kannada, Pompeii College in Aikala, had a controversy over the dress code about a month ago. The dispute was later settled after the students agreed to attend classes wearing uniforms.
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