In Kazakh schools prohibit the hijab – News –
December 16, 2009 – 2:17 am
The young teacher of geography one of the schools Taldykorgan the Almaty region of Kazakhstan Aida Dekebaevoy problems due to hijab.
Recently, the school principal recommended that the girl to change his image and do not wear headscarf in school. As it turned out, officials from Education had ruled the ban on the wearing of religious clothing in the walls of educational institutions. And the rule prescribed in the charter school.
Aida Dekebaeva, teacher Taldykorgan school after Makarenko, shared her concern in an interview with Radio Azattyk:
– I had some problems recently. The fact that the school adopted the statute, which required a ban on the wearing of religious clothing. But I think this document has no legal force. Otherwise, I have everything in order. Responsible attitude to work.
A few months ago the Minister of Education and Science of Kazakhstan Zhanseit Tuymenbaev recommended in the schools of the country wearing the uniform format. He referred to the Education Act, under which the activities of religious organizations in educational institutions is prohibited.
In the Almaty regional Department of Education responded quickly. In the bowels of the establishment came the decision to ban the wearing of religious clothing in schools.
Following the governing bodies had shown complaisance, and the management school, which in hindsight, secretly rewrote the charter school, calling into ban Muslim women from wearing hijab in the number of teachers or students.
Recently, Aida Dekebaeva written statement to the prosecutor of Almaty region. The girl wants to find out: whether the legal decision of the Ministry of Education banning the wearing in schools of religious clothing? And can it be attributed to a woman’s scarf?
