Srinagar: Four students from Kashmir have been allegedly barred from attending the nursing college for growing beard, the hindu reported.
“The students, three from the first year, B.Sc (Nursing) and one from second-year faced the alleged discrimination after Ms. Priyadarshini joined the college — the Adarsh College of Nursing in Mariyappana, Mallathahalli as a new principal,” the report by the hindu reports.
It says that reason of ‘hygiene’ was cited and the Principal had told them that if they fail to shave off their beard, their internal marks would be affected and they could face expulsion.
“For the last one week, we are being sent out of class on instructions from the principal for not shaving our beards. The management was fine with our beards when we got our admission at the college. All of a sudden, the principal, who joined just 20 days ago, asked us to shave our beards and barred us from attending classes. The beards are part of our religion and I don’t understand why it should bother the principal. Even on Wednesday, we could attend only two classes and when the principal got to know of it, she asked the lecturers to send us out,” the students told The Hindu newspaper.
