Lagos State Government says pupils in its public schools are only allowed to wear conventional uniforms to the school.
It added that usage of other appendages, including Hijab, a head scarf for Muslim women, would not be allowed.
The Commissioner for Education Mrs.
Olayinka Oladunjoye, said this on Tuesday at a press briefing in Ikeja,
adding that usage of Hijab and other religious materials in public
schools was against government’s policy.
She said, “I summoned a stakeholder’s
meeting that was chaired by the Commissioner for Home Affairs and
Culture, Alhaji Oyinlomo Danmole. The Muslim students were represented
at the meeting, Lawyers were represented. We discussed the issue at
length and we reached certain agreement.
“We agreed that students could only use
their Hijab when they want to go for prayers, when they want to read
Qur’an, and when they are going for Jumat prayer on Fridays.
“It was agreed that no student should wear Hijab on her uniform. Doing so will cause confusion and break down of the law.
“Whoever wish that his daughter should
be wearing Hijab while going to school and within the school should send
such child to a private Muslim school,”-PUNCH
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