THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HAS BEEN REOPENED AFTER A WEEK CLOSURE ON THE USE OF HIJAB
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University of Ibadan International School located between Idia Hall and Baptist High School, in University of Ibadan premises was shut down last Monday as a result of parents insistence that the use of Hijab by some female Muslim students is a constitutional right of their children had been open for academic and administrative activities.
The management of the school took the decision to shut down the school in order to prevent breakdown of law and order.
The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) University of Ibadan, Professor Yinka Aderinto, who doubles as chairman of the school board, in a statement on Monday, maintained that the decision and outcome of the November 14, 2018, meeting of the Board of Governors of the school should be respected by all in the interest of the children and progress of the school.
Aderinto who issued the statement on behalf of UI Expanded Management, added that individuals or groups that may seek a change in the dress code should follow the due process of requesting for such but the final decision on any such change still lies with the Board of Governors.
The DVC, in the statement entitled “Resolutions of the meeting of the expanded management of the University of Ibadan held on FRIDAY, November 23, 2018 on the ISI Hijab crisis”, said, “A meeting of the Expanded Management of the University of Ibadan was held on Friday, November 23, 2018, at 5pm.
“The meeting was presided over by the Vice Chancellor of the University and was called to discuss the lingering religious crisis affecting the International School of the University. The meeting was attended by Principal Officers of the University, Deans, Directors of Academic Units and Council members. The Principal of the International School, and her three Vice Principals were also present at the meeting.
“After consideration of all that had happened since the crisis started on November 12, 2018, including efforts at resolving the crisis, the meeting resolved as follows: There is a need to take a dispassionate look at the rules and regulations governing not only dress code but general conduct of students in the International School, Ibadan. Such perspective will enable a deeper understanding of the principles underlying the establishment of those rules.
“The International School is a private school and is guided by its own policies, rules and regulations. The meeting also noted that there is a subsisting court judgment that has affirmed the private status of the school.
“Following from the above, the meeting decided that: The decision and outcome of the November 14, 2018, meeting of the Board of Governors of the School should be respected by all in the interest of the children and progress of the school.
“The status quo as regards students’ dress code as contained in the school rules and regulations should be maintained. Individuals or groups that may seek a change in the dress code, or any other aspect of the rules of the school should follow the due process of requesting for such but the final decision on any such change still lies with the Board of Governors.
“Adequate measures should be put in place to forestall breakdown of law and order in the school. The Board of Governors be advised to reopen the school for academic activities on Monday, November 26, 2018.”
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