South Delhi civic body disallows religious attire in schools

New Delhi: The Education Committee of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has asked its education department officials to ensure that no student comes to its schools in "religious attire". SDMC's Education Committee Chairperson Nitika Sharma has written a letter in this connection to the Director Education (SDMC).

In the letter, Sharma asked the education director to instruct all zonal officials to not allow students in SDMC primary schools in "religious attires" and ensure that schoolchildren come to their respective institutions in prescribed dress code only.

The SDMC's move comes days after a parent in Tukhmirpur area of northeast Delhi alleged that her daughter was asked by the teacher at the government school to remove her headscarf.

Sharma said attending classes wearing religious attire will instil a sense of "inequality" among students. "I have asked the director education in SDMC to direct zonal official to ensure that students do not come to schools in religious attire as it creates differences and inequality among students," Sharma said. (PTI)