Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (DV)

Bengaluru, Feb 5: The state Education department has issued an order that under the limits of the Karnataka Pre-University Education department, the students should wear uniforms stipulated by the college development board or the supervising committee of the college administration.

The state government on Saturday February 5 ordered the mandatory wearing of uniform approved by the state government on school and college campuses. With the Hijab controversy snowballing into a nationwide controversy, the state government referred to judgements of various high courts, instructed that kids at government schools, colleges must wear uniforms approved by the state government and in private institutions, the uniform approved by the management.

As per the Karnataka Education Act 1983, the uniform prescribed by the government should be worn in all schools. The private colleges should wear the uniform prescribed by the college administration. But, the dress should not affect harmony in society.

Students and the public thanked chief minister Basavaraj Bommai and education minister B C Nagesh for the decision.