A Court of Appeal' five man panel sitting in Lagos today reversed the ban on the use of hijab (Muslims head-scarf) by students in public primary and secondary schools in Lagos State. The court reversed the judgment of a Lagos State High Court which on October 17, 2014 banned the use of hijab in public schools, in order to preserve the secular nature of the state institutions. Female students are now allowed to put on Hijab with their school uniforms.
Pretoria Girls High School is facing a furious backlash after instructing black school pupils to straighten their hair. Black school girls claim that they have been subjected to racism and that their blackness has been discouraged. They added that school rules forbid African hairstyles such as afro, Bantu knots, dreadlocks and braids.
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