Primary and Secondary Education Minister BC Nagesh confirmed to TOI that there is no dress code for government employees. “However, since hijab is not allowed inside the examination hall for students, to be morally correct, we are not forcing teachers who insist on wearing hijab so that they can perform examination duty. Such teachers are relieved from examination duty.
SSLC exams are going on and will end in mid-April, and II PU exams will start at the end of this month.
Last week, a teacher was drafted for SSLC exam inspection work Mysore The district was relieved of duty after he reportedly insisted on wearing the hijab. Teachers of government and government aided schools are included for both SSLC and PU exam duty.
“If we face shortage of supervisors for PU exams, we can call high school teachers,” said the principal of a government PU college in Mysore.
the former Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor and educationist MS Thimmappa called the government’s decision “logical” as there cannot be separate treatment for students and teachers. He suggested that the only way to find a solution to this problem was to eliminate a similar concept.
“I suspect that the concept of uniform brings a sense of equality. It is the mindset and attitudes that create the concept of equality. Moving away from uniform dress may sound radical, but it is by far the best solution,” he said.