It was a dramatic morning at Baptist High School, Adeeke, Iwo in Osun state this morning as some students of the School appeared in the school in choir robes and other church garments. This caused a stir among other fellow students and teachers.
Huhuonline.com gathered that the students came late to the school around 8:35 on Tuesday and headed to their various classes as other students praised them for their courage.
Huhuonline.com gathered also that some Muslim female students of the same school wore hijab on their uniforms.
It was observed that no student was chased out of the school for not dressing in the appropriate school uniform.
Some members of the Christian Association of Nigeria are in the school to monitor the reaction of the teachers to the mode of dressing of their children.
Recall that Justice Jide Falola of the Osun State High Court had on June 3 given a verdict that Muslim students should be allowed to wear hijab in all public schools in the state because it was part of their fundamental rights.
The CAN had held an emergency meeting following the judgment and threatened that it would direct Christian pupils to start wearing choir robes and other religious garments to schools should the state government implement the judgment.
However, Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, has directed that henceforth, students who wore inappriopriate cloths to any public schools in the State be expelled.
He said it was wrong and criminal for a section or group of people to have directed some innocent students to wear choir robes to schools against court’s judgment.
He advised that anyone who was not satisfied with the judgment to air the grievance through legitimate means rather than trying to cause crises by resorting to self-help.
In his words,” Government is not interested in any religion as being speculated. My goal is to improve education standard in the state.’’
