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Bengaluru, Jan. 27 -- Karnataka government on Wednesday set up an expert committee to resolve the controversy at the government pre-university college in Udupi district. The decision comes after a controversy erupted over six students being denied entry to the classroom for wearing hijab, since the last week of December, 2021.
The government order informing the setting up of the committee stated that all the students at the college should adhere to the uniform rule till the committee decides on the issue and maintain "status quo" till the issue is discussed and resolved by the expert committee.
The order was issued by SR Umashankar, principal secretary of the primary and education department to Rudra Gowda principal of the Women's Government Pre-University College on Tuesday.
".students in Udupi are asking to wear a dress...