UP Board examination Day 1: 4 ladies skip Hindi examination in Jaunpur after being requested to take away hijab
UP Board examination Day 1: 4 woman college students of Class 10 skipped their Hindi paper on the primary day of the UP Board examinations in Jaunpur on Monday, refusing to take away their hijab after they have been requested to take action by feminine invigilators on the entry of the examination corridor at their centre. This occurred earlier than the graduation of the paper on the Sarvodaya Inter Faculty. The women returned residence with their households, mentioned officers.
“The scholars have been stopped on the gate and requested to take away the hijab to go inside,” mentioned Ahmadullah (goes by first title), father of one of many 4 college students.
“Guidelines of Board exams are being adopted strictly. 4 college students refused to comply with them and went residence with their household with out taking the examination,” centre administrator and school principal Dinesh Chandra Gupta mentioned.
“A complete of 413 college students appeared within the examination on the centre. Of them, 153 have been Muslim ladies. All the opposite Muslim ladies took the examination, following the principles, besides these 4 ladies,” he mentioned.
Faculty supervisor Anil Kumar Upadhyay mentioned: “The 4 ladies refused to take away the hijab for necessary checking to match the candidates’ face with the photographs on their admit playing cards. They refused. Two feminine academics – Rekha Yadav and Firdaus Fatima – have been deployed as invigilators on the entry to the examination corridor to verify the woman college students.”
Deputy inspector of colleges (DIoS), Jaunpur, Rakesh Kumar mentioned: “To date, no written letter relating to any such matter has been obtained at my workplace.”
UP Board secretary in Prayagraj Bhagwati Singh mentioned: “Id of all examinees is verified earlier than being allowed to entry to examination halls. The presence of a girl member within the squad is critical as per norms for checking feminine examinees. All college students, together with feminine college students, are anticipated to cooperate with the examination centre officers on this regard. Any college or pupil violating these norms will face motion as per guidelines.”
In Jaunpur, 74,731 college students have been registered for the Excessive Faculty Hindi paper within the first shift on Monday, of which 70,787 took the examination whereas 3,944 skipped it.
