Bihar school threatened for asking girls to take off hijabs inside classrooms

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A controversy erupted in Bihar after a government school got threats from the family members of female students after they were asked to take off their hijabs (headgear) inside classrooms, an official told news agency PTI on Saturday...

A written complaint was sent by the principal of the Utkramit Madhya Vidyalaya (secondary school) in Sheikhpura district that several family members of a religious group stormed the school on November 29, said District Education Officer Om Prakash Singh...

"They were livid at the girls being asked, by the teaching staff, to take off headscarves inside classrooms..

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