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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rescinds decision to reopen 10 schools as Church seeks God’s intervention On Kindly Share This Story: Kwara on Monday rescinded its decision to reopen 10 schools shut on account of a controversy surrounding the wearing of hijab by their students, citing safety reasons.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 as one of the affected founders of the schools, the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) Church, ended a seve...

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 academic performance of the students who are currently at home due to the decision of the state gove...

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