Teachers and parents of a popular girls
school in Kandy have yesterday (17) staged a protest in front of the school against 05 female Muslim Teachers who had refused to wear a saree or an accepted cloth exposing the face to work it has been reported .
05 out of the 15 female Muslim teachers of the school were not allowed to enter the school by protesting teachers and parents due to their refusal to wear a saree or other accepted Cloth.
Meanwhile Central Province governor MaithrI Gunaratna has stated although government has banned the wearing of face covering Cloths imcluding burka wearing a saree is not made compulsory by the law.
Earlier similar incident occurred at Puwakpitya Tamil school when the parents have not allowed several Muslim female teachers to enter the school by wearing covered Cloths.
05 out of the 15 female Muslim teachers of the school were not allowed to enter the school by protesting teachers and parents due to their refusal to wear a saree or other accepted Cloth.
Meanwhile Central Province governor MaithrI Gunaratna has stated although government has banned the wearing of face covering Cloths imcluding burka wearing a saree is not made compulsory by the law.
Earlier similar incident occurred at Puwakpitya Tamil school when the parents have not allowed several Muslim female teachers to enter the school by wearing covered Cloths.
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