KERALA GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE WOULD BE NO HIJAB IN STUDENT POLICE CADETS.


The Kerala government said on Thursday that hijab and full sleeves cannot be worn as part of the uniform of the Student Police Cadets, an initiative involving high school students from various schools around the state. Initially, a class eight student filed a petition with the High Court, but it was redirected to the government.

The administration has said unequivocally that religious insignia on uniforms are inappropriate. It would send the wrong message, and comparable requests from other such units, which should be secular in nature, would arise as a result.

It's worth noting that NCC and Scouts and Guides have uniforms that have nothing to do with the kids' religious affiliations. The goal of the Student Police Project was to raise a generation that values nationalism above all other considerations.

The state nodal officer of the Student Police Cadets was similarly opposed to permitting religious insignia, and issued a report dismissing the request and highlighting the drawbacks of doing so.

According to the official in the report, no such demand has arisen in the cadet's ten years of existence.

"Combining religious considerations with uniforms in the current context would create the same demands in other similarly functioning forces, calling into question the forces' discipline and secular existence," the joint secretary of the home department wrote in an order.

Riza Nahan, a Class VIII student at GHSS, Kuttiyadi, filed the case, claiming that it is her fundamental right to wear the attire (hijab and full sleeve) as granted by the country's constitution.

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