In video, Delhi government schoolgirl says teachers asked her to remove hijab

A video of a Delhi government school student went viral on social media on Wednesday, alleging that she was asked to remove the hijab in school. “Teachers told me not to come to class wearing this dupatta. Don’t be like your mom, and don’t come to school wearing a scarf. There were two-three other girls, who were asked to cover their heads,” the hijab-clad girl says in the video in Hindi. According to sources, the school authorities have discussed the matter with her parents and this is the case. The issue has been resolved amicably.

“The current practice in all government schools in Delhi for the past several decades has been that if girls wear a hijab or dupatta on their way to school, they enter the school premises before going to class. “In this case, once the girl entered the school premises, her teachers requested her to remove the dupatta as per the existing practice. A source said that later, the school authorities discussed the matter with her parents and the matter has been resolved amicably. On January 1, six girl students of a college in Udupi, Karnataka, participated in a press conference organized by the Campus Front of India (CFI) in the coastal town to protest the refusal of college authorities to enter classes wearing hijabs Was.