Kwara State Government has approved the use of hijab in all public schools in the state and directed the 10 schools it shut last week to reopen on Monday.
This was disclosed in a statement released by the Secretary to the Kwara State Government, Mamma Jibril, yesterday evening.
The state government, last Friday, directed the temporary closure of 10 grant-aided secondary schools in Ilorin, the state capital, pending the resolution of the controversy on the use of hijab.
At the meetings held with government, leaders of the Christian and Muslim communities refused to shift ground.
While the Muslim leaders insisted their students should be allowed to use the head covering in accordance with the Nigerian Constitution, their Christian counterparts demanded respect for the religious background of the schools.
