University of Ibadan

Ademola Babalola, Ibadan

The Board of Governors of the International School, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, has decided that the dress code of the school will be maintained.

The board, which came out with this after a meeting presided over by Prof. Adeyinka Aderinto, on Wednesday, stated that the management had the right to enforce the dress code that was contained in the rules and regulations of the school.

The board urged parents to abide by the rules of the school to enable the institution to fulfil its mandate of providing sound education for the pupils.
The old student’s association of the school also said that the controversy over the wearing of hijab should be viewed through the lens of principles and laws governing the institution and not through the lens of religion.

A mail sent to Aderinto by the President of the University of Ibadan International School Old Students Association, Tive Ekpere, stated that the uniform policy was introduced to address socioeconomic inequalities, discourage segregation and minimise distractions to academic activities.

Ekpere noted that the uniform was unique and was the fabric that had bound the ISI culture and tradition till date, adding that the existing policy on the school uniform should be reviewed and interpreted accordingly.

According to him, agitators for hijab must note that the ISI is a private school being governed by its own policies, laws and regulations.

He stated, “The International School Ibadan is a secular international school established to admit and provide the best possible education for boys and girls from all over the world, irrespective of their ethnicity, creed, race or religion. It is a centre where children are brought to learn from one another with the aim of finding their common humanity.

“The uniform policy was introduced to disabuse socio-economic inequalities, discourage segregation and minimise distractions to academic activities. The uniform is unique and is the fabric that has bound cultures and traditions till date. Beyond this, the association wishes to advise that all overt religious activities on the school campus should be discouraged henceforth.

Ekpere added, “While we believe that every student should be free to practise whatever religion they wish, we are also persuaded that the exercise of such rights must be carried out within the bounds of civility. Within these bounds of civility, what cannot be condoned are actions being taken by a select few that could potentially jeopardise the comfort and safety of all ISI students and teachers.

“The ISI, as we believe, has one mandate and that is to deliver quality education to every single student in the school, and nothing more.”

However, the Muslim Community of Oyo State on Wednesday said there was no going back on the quest to implement the use of hijab by willing Muslim female students in the ISI.

The Muslim Parents’ Forum, which was dissatisfied with the resolutions of the board of governors to halt the wearing of hijab by students of the school at an emergency meeting on Tuesday, vowed to ensure that female Muslim students to wear hijab.

Members of the forum asked the Federal Government and the National Assembly not to waste time by intervening in the crisis before it escalates.

They made their position known at a joint press conference organised by the forum in conjunction with the state Muslim community.

The Secretary General, Muslim Community of Oyo State, Sheik Ismail Busari, stressed the need for the Federal Government, the National Assembly, the state government and the management of the University of Ibadan to intervene in the matter to avoid an escalation of the crisis.
https://punchng.com/hijab-controversy-ui-school-board-retains-dress-code/

Under our very nose the southwest region is slowly but steadily becoming a battleground for religious fundementalism and extremism. Soonest the battle will shift from the academia to the streets and before anyone will realise what is happening the Southwest will be dragging statistics with Northern Nigeria, Somalia and middle eastern countries on religious motivated crises/destruction/death, the seeming religious war brimming is like a gasoline used to quench fire, the disaster ahead is cataclysmic. Even in the south east region where Christianity is almost 98% you will never see anyone clamour for religious signia to be worn in public schools be you Cathoilic, Deeperlife, JH, OOO, Anglican, Amadioha worshipper etc everyone is meant to abide by the dress code/rules note this different denomination have their pattern of dressing but for uniformity sake, and the idea for the students to look equal all are meant to dress in one particular way. If e too hard you kuku remove ur pikin put for school wey go allow you do as you like, there are missionary schools everywhere if government school dressing too hard you why not choose from the hundreds of missionary schools littered everywhere? wetin hard for this issue bikonu? If I see some nonsense going on in some regions ehhh! I just thank God for where I come from.
Ishaq Akintola CEO MUMURIC over to you.

One thing this Religion will cause in Africa especially Nigeria will be more than what African and Nigeria will bear.

Are these people just waking up from their slumber? What Islam will cause us as nation will be disastrous. A school that has been for years will now wake up to be destroyed by some few idiots that do not know how the Religion is being practised. Is this not Saudis that killed Jamal Khasshoggi in cold blood? What a bloody Religion after my foot? Until we realise we are Africans and should be happy who we are, we will be at the background of history.

I'm Catholic. Yet I could not wear a rosary to school because of our literature mistress. She may even remove your neck , while wrenching the holy rosary from your neck. She herself was Catholic btw


And it was in Ambrose alli secondary school ekpoma where 70% 're Christians. The other % is between osun ogun ayelala ekejoko uda and Allah worshippers




Dress code is dress code. If it brown sandals don't wear black


Don't wear rings rosaries hijabs. And all

C'est fini!

Go and build your own school and build it over decades to the same standard. The reason it is of international level is because it is secular. Once politics and religion comes in the standard drops.

Missionary schools had the best standards in the country and produced people like Lamido Sanusi Lamido. But this same mindset made them collect the schools through government in power and turned them all to s*hit today. Nope, not happening again. Thank God all the top schools are church related and incorporated: Babcock, Covenant, Bowen, Landmark etc not like the open hearted mission schools they took advantage of.

Even top ones owned by Muslims like AUN insist on strict secularity to avoid all the bulls*hit.

Well one of the core mandates of my party is being implemented herein. If you know.... you know.

When you're asking federal govt and national assembly to intervene on hijab issues, when will we ever develop if we keep concentrating on irrelevant issues?

Do you know that chicks in Northern Nigeria still fvck with hijab? A babe will wear full regalia and come visit you with no pants. Quick service and she goes off looking innocent. The prostitutes wear hijab too. The latest trend now is to sew very tight clothes and use see-through hijabs. Infact you can see the shape of everything.

In the Arab countries, chicks do belly dances with hijabs on. They open small to tease you and close it back

There's nothing wrong with covering. Nuns cover too. But it does not ensure and guarantee decency. It is the heart that determines human decency.

Nude tribes still exist. They have one wife and don't sleep with each other's wives or steal from each other. And all the women's breasts are outside.

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Hijab is for the poor.
If in doubt,Google d pictures of the children of IBB,Indimi,Ajimobi etc

Oyo is not Lagos

The school is a private school.

The governing board have decided to retain her dress code.

Muslim community are still bent on fomenting trouble....Is it a must your wards go to schools that doesn't accept hijab

Kenekingisback:
Oyo is not Lagos

Use your brain whenever you want to comment. Go to public schools in Oyo, a good percentage of them allow hijjab.

Modified
All of quoting me. of course i know ISI is not a public school, i was talking to that guy that was trying to troll Lagos State for accepting hijab in her public schools. Hence, i said public schools in Ibadan have been using hijab for some time now. Truth is am not in support of ISI using hijab because it's a private school and they have their own rules too.

Short of word over this ui uniform retainment

The Parents should behave!

When the kids come home they can give them Hijab

Kenekingisback:
Oyo is not Lagos

The same Lagos where your father must hawk gala before he can feed you flatheaded miscreants.

JayReeMai:
Use your brain whenever you want to comment. Go to public schools in Oyo, a good percentage of them allow hijjab.

Then take your children to the public schools.

Dress code for public schools don't affect schols like the UI staff Sch and ISI.

There are Missionary schools where religious garbs are tolerated. Don't carry Christian or Muslim wears into neutral grounds.

People should be allowed to wear whatsoever they like to school abeg. Uniforms are not worn in the States. Doesn't appear to affect the purpose of the school in the first place.

Meaning the kids should nt be modest because the country is a circular state

Reference:
[s]People should be allowed to wear whatsoever they like to school abeg. Uniforms are not worn in the States. Doesn't appear to affect the purpose of the school in the first place.[/s]

Nonsense

They were aware of the uniform code before they decided to take their kids there.

Christians can't force their dress codes on me and Muslims too can't.

Honestly, this shouldn't be an issue. If you know you want to adhere to your religious beliefs, be it the way you dress, and your choice school may oppose it, you simply take your money elsewhere where it won't he an issue. Case closed

who hijab EPP?..this parents should let us hear word abeg!!....so hijab is their problem now out of all problems affecting education...

ugo4u:
University of Ibadan
Ekpere added, “While we believe that every student should be free to practise whatever religion they wish, we are also persuaded that the exercise of such rights must be carried out within the bounds of civility. Within these bounds of civility, what cannot be condoned are actions being taken by a select few that could potentially jeopardise the comfort and safety of all ISI students and teachers.

“The ISI, as we believe, has one mandate and that is to deliver quality education to every single student in the school, and nothing more.”

However, the Muslim Community of Oyo State on Wednesday said there was no going back on the quest to implement the use of hijab by willing Muslim female students in the ISI.

The Muslim Parents’ Forum, which was dissatisfied with the resolutions of the board of governors to halt the wearing of hijab by students of the school at an emergency meeting on Tuesday, vowed to ensure that female Muslim students to wear hijab.

Members of the forum asked the Federal Government and the National Assembly not to waste time by intervening in the crisis before it escalates.

The Secretary General, Muslim Community of Oyo State, Sheik Ismail Busari, stressed the need for the Federal Government, the National Assembly, the state government and the management of the University of Ibadan to intervene in the matter to avoid an escalation of the crisis.
https://punchng.com/hijab-controversy-ui-school-board-retains-dress-code/

Read the bolded passages carefully:

Ekpere talked about maintaining civility.
Muslim parents vowed
Sheik talked about escalation of crisis.

Na their way! Tuafia kwa!

Reference:
People should be allowed to wear whatsoever they like to school abeg. Uniforms are not worn in the States. Doesn't appear to affect the purpose of the school in the first place.

it is not by force they go to ISL...there are schools who accept hijabs..they should go there

Reference:
People should be allowed to wear whatsoever they like to school abeg. Uniforms are not worn in the States. Doesn't appear to affect the purpose of the school in the first place.

the state has dress code too. You can’t wear certain clothes

this is serious o!
Is the the quality education they should be after? or how is wearing hijab to ISI going to put food on the table? or is it going to change the weather condition?
why all this religion biasness sef?
Gosh.

ugo4u:

University of Ibadan

Ademola Babalola, Ibadan

The Board of Governors of the International School, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, has decided that the dress code of the school will be maintained.

The board, which came out with this after a meeting presided over by Prof. Adeyinka Aderinto, on Wednesday, stated that the management had the right to enforce the dress code that was contained in the rules and regulations of the school.

The board urged parents to abide by the rules of the school to enable the institution to fulfil its mandate of providing sound education for the pupils.
The old student’s association of the school also said that the controversy over the wearing of hijab should be viewed through the lens of principles and laws governing the institution and not through the lens of religion.

A mail sent to Aderinto by the President of the University of Ibadan International School Old Students Association, Tive Ekpere, stated that the uniform policy was introduced to address socioeconomic inequalities, discourage segregation and minimise distractions to academic activities.

Ekpere noted that the uniform was unique and was the fabric that had bound the ISI culture and tradition till date, adding that the existing policy on the school uniform should be reviewed and interpreted accordingly.

According to him, agitators for hijab must note that the ISI is a private school being governed by its own policies, laws and regulations.

He stated, “The International School Ibadan is a secular international school established to admit and provide the best possible education for boys and girls from all over the world, irrespective of their ethnicity, creed, race or religion. It is a centre where children are brought to learn from one another with the aim of finding their common humanity.

“The uniform policy was introduced to disabuse socio-economic inequalities, discourage segregation and minimise distractions to academic activities. The uniform is unique and is the fabric that has bound cultures and traditions till date. Beyond this, the association wishes to advise that all overt religious activities on the school campus should be discouraged henceforth.

Ekpere added, “While we believe that every student should be free to practise whatever religion they wish, we are also persuaded that the exercise of such rights must be carried out within the bounds of civility. Within these bounds of civility, what cannot be condoned are actions being taken by a select few that could potentially jeopardise the comfort and safety of all ISI students and teachers.

“The ISI, as we believe, has one mandate and that is to deliver quality education to every single student in the school, and nothing more.”

However, the Muslim Community of Oyo State on Wednesday said there was no going back on the quest to implement the use of hijab by willing Muslim female students in the ISI.

The Muslim Parents’ Forum, which was dissatisfied with the resolutions of the board of governors to halt the wearing of hijab by students of the school at an emergency meeting on Tuesday, vowed to ensure that female Muslim students to wear hijab.

Members of the forum asked the Federal Government and the National Assembly not to waste time by intervening in the crisis before it escalates.

They made their position known at a joint press conference organised by the forum in conjunction with the state Muslim community.

The Secretary General, Muslim Community of Oyo State, Sheik Ismail Busari, stressed the need for the Federal Government, the National Assembly, the state government and the management of the University of Ibadan to intervene in the matter to avoid an escalation of the crisis.
https://punchng.com/hijab-controversy-ui-school-board-retains-dress-code/

and some Christians in South west feel that there is religious tolerance. There is serious but subtle religious war going on in South west. Most decisions in communities, associations,schools etc are made based on religious factors.

The same country where Christian students cannot practice their religion in Kano State University. Muslims are always prentending to be victims, whereas they're the ones who victimize people.

Why must they always cause havoc everywhere in the world? Most problems in the world are caused by muslims, that's why most countries place them under heavy scrutiny.

And the Christian intolerance of Muslims continues. From Osun to Lagos and Lagos to Firdaus Law school debacle. And now this.
Of all our socioecononic ills, Christians chose to be obsessed with Muslim women dress code thereby inflaming an already tensed atmosphere, and they dare say Muslims are the intolerant one's.