In the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan, girls were allowed to wear the hijab to increase their attendance at educational institutions.
According to international media, Uzbekistan amended the law earlier this year to allow women to wear the hijab, but did not include schools and other educational institutions. Since then, the attendance of girls in educational institutions has been very low and the people have refused to send their daughters to school in violation of the law.
Uzbek Education Minister Shehrzad Sharmatov says the decision to ban the hijab in educational institutions was necessary to ensure that every child receives a secular education, but it is not yet clear how old girls are. Are allowed to wear hijab.
It should be noted that in May 2019, the International University of Uzbekistan expelled 19-year-old student Louisa Meyman Junova from the university for refusing to take off her niqab. Because their Islamic dress was against the government's policy of secular dress code in educational institutions across the country.
