Thursday, February 14, 2019

Teachers dismissed for wearing face-veil restored to their jobs

Many face-veiled women working as teachers in schools who were dismissed by the former educational authorities under President Yamin Abdul Gayoom has been reinstated to their jobs. This has been announced by the current Minister of Education Dr Aishath Ali who stated that it is unacceptable for a person to loose job for wearing a style of clothes permissible under social norms.
Dr Aishath Ali

It was a promise made during the presidential campaign by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to employ all individuals who lost their jobs while refusing to bow down political pressure from the former administration of Yamin. Speaking during a programme on Raajje Tv, Dr Aishath said almost all individuls who filed a case of complaint against loosing jobs had been employed again.

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