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Maharashtra curate and BJP person Nitesh Rane. (File photo)
Maharashtra curate and BJP person Nitesh Rane Wednesday called for a prohibition connected wearing burqa during the upcoming committee examinations for classes 10 and 12, citing concerns implicit imaginable malpractices.
In a missive to the School Education Minister Dada Bhuse, Rane said that allowing miss students to deterioration burqas wrong introspection halls could facilitate cheating and airs information challenges.
“Students appearing for the 10th and 12th committee exams should not beryllium permitted to deterioration burqa. If necessary, pistillate constabulary officers oregon pistillate unit should beryllium appointed to behaviour checks. These exams are important for students’ aboriginal and indispensable beryllium conducted transparently, without immoderate scope for malpractices,” helium stated.
Rane, who holds Fisheries and Ports Development portfolios, further claimed that allowing burqas successful exam halls could marque it hard to observe physics devices were being utilized to cheat.
The minister’s remarks drew disapproval from absorption leaders.
Former MP Hussain Dalwai countered, “The information that girls are pursuing acquisition should beryllium welcomed, careless of whether they deterioration a burqa. Forcing them to region it is unacceptable. It is against the instrumentality to hinder their close to look for exams. Traditions should not beryllium violated—students volition people determine for themselves what is indispensable and what is not.”
The Maharashtra Secondary School Certificate (SSC) introspection for Class 10 is scheduled to statesman connected February 21, portion the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) introspection for Class 12 volition commencement connected February 11.
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