The constituent college of the university currently has 44 Muslim girl students, out of which 17 have not attended class for the past many weeks owing to uniform rules which don't allow them to wear headscarves, which took effect after a syndicate meeting in May.
Karnataka Hijab Row: Three girls apply for transfer certificate over hijab ban
After Mangalore University made provisions that allow Muslim girls to change colleges in wake of the Karnataka government's hijab ban, students from the University College Mangalore got the transfer certificate while two other students received no-objection certificates from other colleges.
The constituent college of the university currently has 44 Muslim girl students, out of which 17 have not attended class for the past many weeks owing to uniform rules which don't allow them to wear headscarves, which took effect after a syndicate meeting in May.
The principal of college, Anasuya Rai, while speaking on the same said, "one of the three girls who held a press meeting questioning the university's decision to enforce uniform rules on campus has tendered an apology to the college authorities and is attending online classes. An MSc chemistry student hailing from Kerala was issued a transfer certificate after she applied for one citing ill health," as reported by Indian Express.
In May, Mangalore University vice-chancellor PS Yadapadithaya had announced that all those girls who wish to wear the hijab will be allowed to join colleges where rules allow it. “We are ready to facilitate their admission process to the new college. However, some girls asked us to find a college for them, which we have declined. The other girls have agreed to follow the rules and will be attending regular classes soon,” he had said.
In March, the Karnataka High Court had dismissed pleas seeking permission to wear the hijab inside classrooms, saying that wearing headscarves was not an essential religious practice in Islam.
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