Assuming anything indicates the reality of the situation in Karnataka, it is this decision to close schools and colleges for three days. No government would take such a decision except if the situation warranted it, so it has to be inferred that there could have been no other choice to maintain order. Reports emanating from Karnataka show a clear gap on the issue being referred to that will probably not subside soon.
The discussion was initially ejected last month when six students attended classes wearing the headscarf at a government PU College in Udupi, violating the stipulated dress code. They were asked to leave the campus. Since then, the row has spread to various parts of the State. What added to the contention is a request for the Karnataka Education Department last week that guided educational institutions in the State to follow the dress code chosen by the college’s development board or, in case of no such dress code, “students can wear the dress which won’t affect equality, integrity and law and request”.
The debate has now also reached the courts. It may not subside soon as questions have been raised of whether the government can take a stance of any kind, assuming that an understudy wears a hijab to an educational institute. As the contention began, a few institutions permitted the hijab on the campus, yet not in the classroom. The fights that have been ejected have seen a clear division in opinion, with areas for wearing the headscarf and others against wearing the hijab by Muslim women students in classrooms. Unfortunately, this row has now been given a political slant, with political parties taking stances for and against. It ought not to have been about politics but just about education. Politics has to be kept out of this issue.
THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON EDUCATION
What is essential is that a dress code ought not to come in the way of education. The students wearing a hijab to the classroom are doing it because of their religious beliefs. Should this bar them from entering the classroom? Is it in any way affecting the teaching system? These are questions that the government and everyday society should address before the debate grows further. It ought to never be allowed to escalate. The State has to find an answer for this. The Karnataka government has declared a conclusion of educational institutions for three days. This should be the period to allow for the rational idea, and an answer in the interests of all stakeholders found to the issue. The dress code of an institution ought not to prevent students from having access to education. The academic year is coming to an end, and this would be when students are completing their tasks for the year and preparing for the final exam. For many, this would be a crucial time of the year. Students expect as much classroom teaching and laboratory experience as conceivable at the finish of the academic-year days. The dress code ought to not hamper this. The spotlight has to be on education, and all different matters should be secondary. Students have missed out on classroom teaching for long enough because of the pandemic. Their future relies upon continuing their investigations, completing their education and moving on with their lives. The considerations should be with the students who are missing out on their education. It Is the ideal opportunity for us to zero in on empowering all women, including Muslim women, by ensuring their access to education, business, and public safety. After two years of living behind a mask and trying to decode suppressed voices and secret looks, one begins to foster empathy for many women taken cover behind face coverings. Whether they are called ghunghat, pallu, burqa, or hijab, face coverings with varying degrees of limitations are a fact of life for 58% of Hindus and 88% of Muslim women in India. Imposing them on little kids in educational institutions appears to be particularly problematic. Subsequently, one can understand the impulse that drives educational authorities in Karnataka to ban the hijab, although the head covering forced by hijab is significantly less prohibitive than full burqa or ghunghat. Notwithstanding, external interventions will generally have the opposite impact regarding cultural transformations. The uniforms have been given to maintain equability and uniformity in the campus and keep the students united. The uniforms give students a feeling of equality, and raising such issues affects the overall understudy unity. Such matters should not be politicized; instead, the youngsters should zero in on examinations and not politics.
POLITICAL ANGLE OF THE CONTROVERSEY
The Karnataka hijab row is indicative of how ‘hate politics’ and it is is getting more grounded in India day by day. This is not about hijab, this is hate politics getting more grounded step by step. BJP is emboldening these components. Denying Muslim women the option to wear the hijab is a grave violation of the “constitutional fundamental right of decision. Various Supreme Court decisions clarify that nobody can dictate what one should wear or eat. The decision is a fundamental right. So then, at that point, why has this government-issued this notification?
How can you segregate them [Muslim women] for wearing hijab? BJP has created this issue. Their government is in power. They talk about women strengthening – what kind of women strengthening is this when hooligans surround a little kid who’s come to college on her scooter? According to government data, 22% of young Muslim ladies have never gone to class in the 3-25 years. And then, at that point, you do this. What message are you sending out? After the hijab contention was sparked in Udupi in Karnataka, a gathering of students, generally young men, were seen sporting saffron scarves accordingly. Who is giving them these saffron shawls? Where are they coming from? These young ladies have been wearing hijab for quite a while. What is off-base in it? How can it disturb anyone? This is finished discrimination, and it resembles the US in the 1960s. Maybe the Muslim community needs a Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks to arise.
conclusion
Our Focus should be on getting quality education from institution not of doing protest on dress. After a time of period , this dress will not help you , but your education and knowledge will help .
