Your approval of hijab in our schools ill-informed, Baptist leaders tell Kwara govt
Nigeria, March 5 -- The Kwara Baptist Conference says it will not allow the use of the hijab in its grant-aided schools, describing the state governor's order permitting the use as ill-informed.
The state government had last month approved the use of the head covering in all public schools in the state.
The government had, in February, temporarily closed 10 grant-aided secondary schools in Ilorin, the state capital, following a crisis in the schools over the use of hijab.
The schools are Cherubim and Seraphim College, ST. Anthony College, ECWA School, Surulere Baptist Secondary School, Bishop Smith Secondary School, CAC Secondary School, St. Barnabas Secondary School, St. John School, St. Williams Secondary School and St. James Seconda...
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