<p>Parents of students staged a protest on Tuesday to condemn the move of the Maulana Azad High School at Mallar Pakeeranakatte in Kaup, Udupi district, who made students wearing headscarves sit separately in a room on Monday.</p>.<p>The parents demanded to allow students wearing headscarves to sit inside the classrooms. They said that they would not send their children to schools if headscarves were not allowed.</p>.<p>As many as 20 students who had arrived at the school wearing headscarves on Monday remained absent on Tuesday.</p>.<p>On the other hand, students of Urdu Government Primary School at Mallar, who came wearing headscarves were allowed to write the exams. Tahsildar Srinivas Murthy, DDPI and others visited the school.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>Parents of students staged a protest on Tuesday to condemn the move of the Maulana Azad High School at Mallar Pakeeranakatte in Kaup, Udupi district, who made students wearing headscarves sit separately in a room on Monday.</p>.<p>The parents demanded to allow students wearing headscarves to sit inside the classrooms. They said that they would not send their children to schools if headscarves were not allowed.</p>.<p>As many as 20 students who had arrived at the school wearing headscarves on Monday remained absent on Tuesday.</p>.<p>On the other hand, students of Urdu Government Primary School at Mallar, who came wearing headscarves were allowed to write the exams. Tahsildar Srinivas Murthy, DDPI and others visited the school.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>