Hijab row: 2 more students to leave school involved in controversy
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Kochi: Following the hijab controversy in St. Rita's School in Palluruthy in Kerala’s Kochi, two more Muslim students have decided to leave the school. Jasna S Firdous, the parent of the two students, announced this in a Facebook post saying that she has decided to transfer her wards from the school, which had mentally harassed the student who was involved in the hijab issue.
Earlier, the parent of an 8th standard student who was involved in the hijab issue, Anas, had told the media that his wards, including the one studying in the fifth standard, were being transferred to another school in the wake of the painful experiences they had at the school and the communal and abusive remarks on cyberspace.
The mental harassment faced by the eighth-grade student has also affected other children in the school.
Jasna said in her post that the statement that seeing a little girl wearing a hijab will create fear in others is an insult to her faith and culture.
She said that the attitude taken by the school principal and the PTA president towards a girl for wearing a hijab has scared her a lot. They have behaved in this way towards their own student because they harbour deep hatred towards other religious beliefs and customs, she said.
She continued that she feels that it will not be good for her children to grow up among teachers and school authorities with such a mentality. Therefore, she has decided to transfer her two children to another school.
“Although we applied for the TC (Transfer Certificate) at the school on Friday, the school informed us that it will be issued only after two days. We hope to get the TC on the next working day, Tuesday,” her post read.
She added that her children are being transferred to Our Lady’s Convent School. A nun, who is also a teacher from the school, has contacted her and promised that Our Lady’s Convent School has an inclusive vision for all faiths, that her children will not have any difficulty there and that they can send them safely, Jesna said.