BENGLURU;
Hijab-wearing students of at least two Karnataka institutions, including 13 Shivamogga girls who were to write a Class X pre-board test, on Monday chose to skip school rather than take off their headscarves before entering classrooms as high school sections reopened statewide after a break forced by the dress-code row.
Government High School in Shivamogga had allotted a separate room for Muslim girls to remove their headscarves but 13 Class X students insisted that they be allowed to wear hijab while writing the exam, officials said.
