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Hijab row: Udupi college principal writes to agitating girls to appear for practical examA supplementary examination will not be conducted for practical subjects
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Students leave after they were not allowed to attend classes while wearing Hijab, at Dr G Shankar Government Women's First Grade College in Udupi, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Credit: PTI Photo
Students leave after they were not allowed to attend classes while wearing Hijab, at Dr G Shankar Government Women's First Grade College in Udupi, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Credit: PTI Photo

Udupi Government PU College Principal Rudre Gowda has written a letter to agitating Muslim students to appear for the practical exams.

The students have remained absent from classes demanding to wear hijab.

Also read: Some students skip classes, exams

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A sum of 30 marks is fixed for practical exams and 70 marks for theory. The practical exams will commence on February 25. As per the department of pre-university education norms, a supplementary examination will not be conducted for practical subjects.

"I have written letters to three agitating students from the Science stream to appear for the practical exam," he said.

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(Published 22 February 2022, 09:50 IST)