HASSAN: Students from Malnad region boycotted classes on Wednesday to mark their protest against the Karnataka HC verdict which upheld the government ban on no wearing hijab during classes.
Degree students protested accusing the college authorities of overstepping their jurisdiction as the HC verdict pertains to only schools and PU colleges. Security was beefed up around several educational institutions that witnessed protests over the hijab row.
Students from Kamala Nehru Memorial College for Women in Shivamogga and IDSG in Chikkamagaluru boycotted the classes after they were denied permission to enter the classes in hijab. As many as 20 degree students from Kamala Nehru College, protested in front of the college accusing college authorities of forcing them to remove their hijab. When they staged a dharna, cops moved in and asked them to leave the college premises as the Shivamogga district administration has imposed prohibitory orders within 200 meters of educational institutions.
The protesting students argued that said the court verdict does not apply to degree colleges. “However, college authorities asked us to remove the hijab to attend classes. We respect our college authorities, but they are wrong to ask us not to wear the hijab,” they stated.
The Karnataka Public College in Shiralakoppa in Shivamogga district also witnessed a similar protest.
Over two dozen students studying in IDGS College in Chikkamagaluru also boycotted classes. The girls said that they will not remove their headscarves until the case is settled in the Supreme Court.
Joint director of department of collegiate education Ashok D Revanakar said few students in Shivamogga and Chikkamagluru district boycotted the classes. “However, 90% of Muslim students under the jurisdiction of regional office which covers Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Davanagere and Chitradurga districts attended classes,” he added.
In neighbouring Hassan district, degree students from the Women’s First Grade College in Hassan city too protested and refused to remove the hijab to attend classes. They said both education and hijab are important to them and they will not attend classes by removing hijab.
Degree students protested accusing the college authorities of overstepping their jurisdiction as the HC verdict pertains to only schools and PU colleges. Security was beefed up around several educational institutions that witnessed protests over the hijab row.
Students from Kamala Nehru Memorial College for Women in Shivamogga and IDSG in Chikkamagaluru boycotted the classes after they were denied permission to enter the classes in hijab. As many as 20 degree students from Kamala Nehru College, protested in front of the college accusing college authorities of forcing them to remove their hijab. When they staged a dharna, cops moved in and asked them to leave the college premises as the Shivamogga district administration has imposed prohibitory orders within 200 meters of educational institutions.
The protesting students argued that said the court verdict does not apply to degree colleges. “However, college authorities asked us to remove the hijab to attend classes. We respect our college authorities, but they are wrong to ask us not to wear the hijab,” they stated.
The Karnataka Public College in Shiralakoppa in Shivamogga district also witnessed a similar protest.
Over two dozen students studying in IDGS College in Chikkamagaluru also boycotted classes. The girls said that they will not remove their headscarves until the case is settled in the Supreme Court.
Joint director of department of collegiate education Ashok D Revanakar said few students in Shivamogga and Chikkamagluru district boycotted the classes. “However, 90% of Muslim students under the jurisdiction of regional office which covers Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Davanagere and Chitradurga districts attended classes,” he added.
In neighbouring Hassan district, degree students from the Women’s First Grade College in Hassan city too protested and refused to remove the hijab to attend classes. They said both education and hijab are important to them and they will not attend classes by removing hijab.