Following the call to close down operation of businesses to express anguish over the High Court’s decision in the hijab case, many Muslim students did not turn up for the 2nd PU preparatory and the odd semester internal degree examinations in Dakshina Kannada district on March 17.
“Our 18 schools and a degree college were closed on March 17,” said Haji Abdul Rasheed, president of Sayyid Madani Dargah in Ullal. “Our three PU colleges were open in the light of the 2nd PU preparatory examinations that commenced on March 17. Only a few students from our community appeared for the exams in two PU colleges, except in Hazarat Women PU College, where 27 of 30 students appeared for the examination,” he said.
The 2nd PU commerce stream students had accountancy paper while the science stream students had mathematics paper on March 17. The 2nd PU preparatory examination will go on till March 25. Internal examinations for odd semesters of all degree courses also started on March 17.
