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While the students lament their plight and concerns regarding their inability to pursue their education through no fault of theirs, their teachers, religious leaders and the government are entangled in the argument over the use of the hijab in grant-aided schools that are affiliated to Christians in the state. The genesis of the crisis The hijab conundrum between the Muslims and the Christians which began in 2013 has defied the intervention of the immediate past administration in the state and ...

After announcing the postponement of their resumption date indefinitely in the wee hours of yesterday over irreconcilable differences on the wearing of Hijab, Kwara State government has deployed security operatives to the 10 public/grant-aided missions schools in Ilorin, the state capital.

CAN says "the Governor of Kwara State has shown open bias for one religion with his inability to wait for the court process to be concluded over this matter."

Kwara Hijab Imbroglio: Government shuts affected schools indefinitely On By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Following irreconcilable differences between Kwara state government, and Christian schools in the state over wearing of Hijab to schools by Muslim students in their schools, which should take off today, the government in the wee hours of Monday announced the postponement of their resumption until a later date. At the last count, the Baptist Church which has about 23 schools scattered in the s...

The government had shut the schools on February 19 as the hijab controversy seemed unending.

Translate Home » News » Hijab controversy: Kwara rescinds decision to reopen 10 schools as Church seeks God’s intervention Hijab controversy: Kwara rescinds decision to reopen 10 schools as Church seeks God’s intervention On Kindly Share This Story: Kwara on Monday rescinded its decision to reopen 10 schools shut on account of a controversy surrounding the wearing of hijab by their students, citing safety reasons. The reversal of the government’s decision came just ...

The government had shut the schools on February 19 as the hijab controversy seemed unending.

By Hammed Shittu There is no doubt that the current impasse in Kwara – with the sobriquet State of Harmony – over the order of the state government to all public schools, including schools founded by Christian missions in the state, to allow female Muslim students wear Hijab to school, has heightened tension among stakeholders in the two leading religions – Islam and Christianity.   The hijab controversy, according to THISDAY checks, may not only inhibit peaceful co-existence and affect ...

The Kwara Government has announced that the 10 grant-aided missionary schools will remain shut down over the Hijab (religious veil) controversies would remain closed until further notice.

Kwara State government has said that the 10 government schools where the use of hijaab is disputed will remain shut until a later date.  A statement by