Lecturer expels students over wearing veils

A lecturer at Masaka School of Comprehensive Nursing recently sent out two female Muslim students for wearing veils while in class. Olivia Kyere reportedly ousted Shamim Nakitende and Hanisha Nangoye, saying the school was not an Islamic training centre.

The students reported the matter to the school administrators, who referred them to Masaka district Muslim leaders. “Kyere must apoligise to us within one month. If not, we shall declare her among the Muslim enemies,” Masaka district deputy kadhi Sheik Hamidu Mugera told Muslims in Masaka Mosque.

However, a school official, who preferred anonymity, told New Vision that the Ministry of Education’s policy is that students should not wear anything other than the school uniform. “We held a crisis meeting with the ministry’s officials and James Mugerwa, the principle education officer, said if they were not part of the school uniform, veils should not be allowed in lecture rooms,” the official said.

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