One more college in Udupi entangled in hijab row
The Hindu
This is the fifth college in the coastal district to witness a controversy over dress code in the last month
The controversy over wearing hijab in classrooms touched yet another college in Udupi district on February 4. Twelve students wearing hijab and 150 boys with saffron shawls were barred from entering the classrooms of Government PU College, Byndoor. The principal insisted that they wear the proper uniform.
This is the fifth college in Udupi district – three in Kundapur, one in Udupi and one in Byndoor – to witness a controversy over wearing the hijab.
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