'Religion more important than education'

Students wearing hijab returned homes without appearing for the examinations

Police officers walk past members of the Muslim Women Association as they hold placards along a roadside during a silent protest after few Karnataka's educational institutes denied entry to students wearing hijabs. Credit: PTI Photo

"Religion is more important than education," said a group of Muslim girls who returned home after being denied entry into the classrooms for wearing hijab in Karnataka Public School on BH Road in the city on Tuesday.

For the second day in a row, they entered the school premises wearing hijab. But teachers asked them to remove it and appear for the preparatory examinations. But they refused and said that they might give up education but not religion. They returned homes without appearing for the examinations.

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