Students in Karnataka denied re-examination due to the Hijab controversy

Several Muslim girl students throughout Karnataka boycotted lectures and exams after the Karnataka High Court issued an interim ruling on Tuesday, March 15 2022, banning the hijab and saffron shawl in colleges where uniforms are required.  

Many Muslim female students are worried after Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh confirmed on Monday that the government would not conduct re-exams for absentees. Many students had skipped the practical exams in the hope of a favourable outcome. 

Nagesh said that ‘whatever the reason for the student absenting themselves from the examination may be, they will not be allowed to give the exam again.’ 

Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs JC Madhuswamy stated that they could not overturn the court’s decision.  

He said that “they can accommodate the students who did not attend the exam before the verdict came out, but the ones who skipped or missed the exams after the verdict cannot be allowed to give a re-exam.” 

The Campus Front of India’s on the Issue

At a press conference on Monday, the Campus Front of India (CFI) stated that they would stand strong before the Supreme Court. 

According to CFI’s Sarfaraz Gangavathi, students are being pressured to skip exams.  

Sarfaraz stated that the ruling BJP party opposes education for students, particularly Muslim women. 

He said that they visited many institutions in 25 districts of the state prior to the ruling and discovered that the rule had an impact on 11,000 Muslim female students. 

Information is being gathered. 

However, what Nagesh claims is underreported, and it goes far beyond that.  

Meanwhile, students in various regions of the state boycotted college on Monday due to the ban on students wearing hijabs entering the campus. 

Students in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, India, took to the streets after being turned away from a government PU college. 

Published By: Manan Khurana

Edited By: Khushi Thakur