By Hammed Shittu Kwara state government on Wednesday directed ten schools recently closed down over the controversy that trailed the wearing of Hijab to resume normal.classes ahead of their West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The affected schools are C&S College Sabo Oke, St. Anthony College, Offa Road; ECWA School, Oja Iya, Surulere Baptist Secondary School and Bishop Smith Secondary School, Agba Dam. Others are , CAC Secondary School Asa Dam road, St. Barnabas Secondary School Sabo Oke, St. John School Maraba, St. Williams Secondary School Taiwo Isale, and St. James Secondary School Maraba. In a statement issued in Ilorin signed by the Permanent Secretary of the state ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs Mary Kemi Adeosun stated that, “The government is convinced that its policy to allow willing Muslim schoolgirls to wear their hijaab in public schools will lead to sustainable peace and communal harmony anchored on mutual respect and understanding”.