Only high schools to open on February 14; colleges later
The Hindu
On February 8, the government ordered closure of schools across Karnataka till February 10 as the row over girls wearing hijab not being allowed to enter classrooms and a section of students insisting on wearing saffron shawls to classrooms led to protests in several parts of the State
The State Government on Thursday decided to open all schools up to Class Xacross the State from Monday. However, all pre-university and degree colleges will be reopened at a later date.
With a three-judge bench of the High Court of Karnataka posting the next hearing on the petitions related to hijab issue on February 14, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the State Government would take a decision later on opening PU and degree colleges.
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