<p>The second-year pre-university examinations started in Karnataka on Friday amid tight security and in the shadow of the hijab row.</p>.<p>Over 6.84 lakh students will write the exam at 1,076 centres across the state. The exams will go on till May 18.</p>.<p>As there is a ban on hijab or any cloth linked to religious identity, the authorities made arrangements at exam centres for the Muslim girls to remove their headscarves before entering the exam halls.</p>.<p>Muslim girls who turned up at the examination wearing hijab said they will remove it inside the separate enclosure and will wear it again after the exam is over.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/2-students-wearing-hijab-not-allowed-to-take-pu-exam-in-udupi-1102894.html" target="_blank">2 students wearing hijab not allowed to take PU exam in Udupi</a></strong></p>.<p>"Hijab is important and so is writing and passing the exam. Our future depends on our exam results," a Muslim girl student told reporters in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>The Karnataka High Court had last month upheld the order of the state government banning wearing clothes that disturb equality, integrity and public order in schools and colleges, which a section of Muslim girls had challenged in the court.</p>.<p>Elaborate security arrangements were made at the exam centres preventing any congregation of people to create any ruckus.</p>.<p>Also, the photocopy centres were banned around the exam centres to prevent any exam malpractices as is the use of loudspeakers.</p>.<p>According to Education department officials, there are 6,00,519 regular students, 61,808 repeaters and 21,928 private candidates who have enrolled this year for exams.</p>.<p>The state government made provision for students to travel to and from their nearest bus stop to the exam centre free of cost in Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation buses. </p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>The second-year pre-university examinations started in Karnataka on Friday amid tight security and in the shadow of the hijab row.</p>.<p>Over 6.84 lakh students will write the exam at 1,076 centres across the state. The exams will go on till May 18.</p>.<p>As there is a ban on hijab or any cloth linked to religious identity, the authorities made arrangements at exam centres for the Muslim girls to remove their headscarves before entering the exam halls.</p>.<p>Muslim girls who turned up at the examination wearing hijab said they will remove it inside the separate enclosure and will wear it again after the exam is over.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/2-students-wearing-hijab-not-allowed-to-take-pu-exam-in-udupi-1102894.html" target="_blank">2 students wearing hijab not allowed to take PU exam in Udupi</a></strong></p>.<p>"Hijab is important and so is writing and passing the exam. Our future depends on our exam results," a Muslim girl student told reporters in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>The Karnataka High Court had last month upheld the order of the state government banning wearing clothes that disturb equality, integrity and public order in schools and colleges, which a section of Muslim girls had challenged in the court.</p>.<p>Elaborate security arrangements were made at the exam centres preventing any congregation of people to create any ruckus.</p>.<p>Also, the photocopy centres were banned around the exam centres to prevent any exam malpractices as is the use of loudspeakers.</p>.<p>According to Education department officials, there are 6,00,519 regular students, 61,808 repeaters and 21,928 private candidates who have enrolled this year for exams.</p>.<p>The state government made provision for students to travel to and from their nearest bus stop to the exam centre free of cost in Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation buses. </p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>