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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