Daijiworld Media Network - Kochi

Kochi, Oct 15: Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty on Tuesday directed the management of a Christian-run private school in Kochi’s Palluruthy to allow a Muslim student to continue her education while wearing her hijab (religious headscarf).

In a strongly worded statement, the minister instructed the principal and management of St Rita Public School to address the mental distress caused to the eighth-standard student and her parents after she was denied entry into class for wearing the hijab.

The minister’s directive came after the school management reportedly claimed that wearing a hijab was against the institution’s uniform policy and had even secured interim police protection through a High Court order.

The refusal to allow the student to wear the

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