Ethopia: Muslim students in Axum report missing online national exam registration, blame schools for barring them over hijab

Addis Abeba– Muslim grade 12 students in Axum, Tigray Region, reported missing the deadline for online registration for the national examination today, January 10, alleging that schools required them to remove their hijabs to register.

The students told Addis Standard that schools in the town refused to allow them to complete their registration unless they removed the hijab, which they say violates their religious beliefs.

One student, speaking anonymously to Addis Standard, said, “We cannot remove our hijabs to…