By Nithya Pandian / The News Minute
A Muslim woman who appeared for a Hindi exam at the Annamalai Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Tiruvannamalai’s Somasipadi was allegedly asked to remove her hijab by the principal and correspondent while writing the exam on Sunday, August 20. The exams were conducted by Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha. Paper 1 was scheduled from 10 am to 12.30 pm while the second one was from 2 pm to 4.30 pm.
Shabana, an Arabic teacher, who works at a private school, appeared for the Hindi Madhyama exams on Sunday in the 10 am slot. Fifteen minutes after the exam began, she was asked to remove her hijab to continue her exams. Shabana, who refused to do so, asked the invigilator the reasons. She was told that as per the instructions, she was supposed to write the exams without a hijab.
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