Egypt urges ceasefire in Sudan as EU denounces RSF brutality after El-Fasher's capture    Finance Ministry introduces new VAT facilitations to support taxpayers    Al-Ahram Chemicals invests $10m to establish formaldehyde, derivatives complex in Sokhna    Egypt to launch national health tourism platform in push to become Global Medical Hub by 2030    Kuwaiti PM arrives in Cairo for talks to bolster economic ties    Omar Hisham Talaat: Media partnership with 'On Sports' key to promoting Egyptian golf tourism    CBE governor attends graduation ceremony of Future Leaders programme at EBI    Counting Down to Grandeur: Grand Egyptian Museum Opens Its Doors This 1st November    Egypt, Medipha sign MoU to expand pharmaceutical compounding, therapeutic nutrition    Egypt establishes high-level committee, insurance fund to address medical errors    Egypt brokers breakthrough AfCFTA deal on trade rules after 4 years of stalemate    EGX closes mostly red on 29 Oct    In pictures: New gold, silver coins celebrate the Grand Egyptian Museum    Pakistan-Afghanistan talks fail over militant safe havens    Egypt's Zohr field adds 70m cubic feet of gas per day from new well — minister    Sisi expands national support fund to include diplomats who died on duty    Egypt's Foreign Ministry voices appreciation for Sisi's gesture for diplomats who died on duty    Al-Sisi reaffirms Egypt's commitment to religious freedom in meeting with World Council of Churches    Egypt, Saudi Arabia discuss boosting investment, trade ties at FII9 in Riyadh    Egypt joins high-level talks in Riyadh to advance two-state solution for Palestine    Health Ministry outlines medical readiness for Grand Egyptian Museum opening 1 Nov.    Madinaty Golf Club to host 104th Egyptian Open    Egypt becomes regional hub for health investment, innovation: Abdel Ghaffar    LG Electronics Egypt expands local manufacturing, deepens integration of local components    Egypt medics pull off complex rescue of Spanish tourist in Sneferu's Bent Pyramid    Egypt Open Junior and Ladies Golf Championship concludes    Treasures of the Pharaohs Exhibition in Rome draws 50,000 visitors in two days    Al-Sisi reviews final preparations for Grand Egyptian Museum opening    Egypt's PM reviews efforts to remove Nile River encroachments    Al-Sisi: Cairo to host Gaza reconstruction conference in November    Egypt will never relinquish historical Nile water rights, PM says    Al-Sisi, Burhan discuss efforts to end Sudan war, address Nile Dam dispute in Cairo talks    Syria releases preliminary results of first post-Assad parliament vote    Egypt resolves dispute between top African sports bodies ahead of 2027 African Games    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    







Thank you for reporting!
This image will be automatically disabled when it gets reported by several people.



Niqab wearing university students not allowed to take their exams
Students take their case to the Supreme Administrative court after being turned away from their exams for refusing to show their faces
Mohamed Habib Published in Ahram Online on 10 - 01 - 2011

The mid-term examinations that started on Monday have seen a spate of legal battles between university officials and niqab (full face veil) wearing students who were prevented from sitting their exams.
University officials demanded that students wearing the niqab reveal their faces during exams so that supervisors could confirm their identity. Those students who refused to do so were subsequently not permitted to take the exams.
Students who were not allowed, filed cases against the decision with the Supreme Administrative Court. University officials say that some students don the niqab to facilitate cheating or have someone else take their exam for them.
Since 2009, students have been contesting the ban on the niqab with the Supreme Administrative Court. Some students won their case while others didn't.
Minister of Higher Education Hani Hilal said that he respects all court decisions as universities will allow the students who obtain a ruling in their favour to wear the niqab during exams. Similarly, students who are ruled against will be obliged to submit to the university's examinations procedures.
Earlier this month, a niqab-wearing professor had over turned a ban against faculty staff wearing the niqab in the classroom. Officials had said that professors with the niqab are unable to relate with their students and that it was dangerous for them to be in labs.
Hilal said that "preventing students and professors from entering examinations is a decision taken by the higher council for universities and all should abide by it."
The furore over the niqab started in October 2009 when Hilal declared the niqab would no longer be permitted inside women's hostels at public universities for security reasons.
That decision, he said, followed a number of incidents in which men had been caught entering hostel premises dressed as females.

Clic here to read the story from its source.