Teacher sacked for wearing niqab
A primary school teacher on the island of Mathiveri in Alif Alif atoll was sacked on Thursday for refusing to take off her niqab, or full-face veil, in compliance with a controversial civil service dress code.
14 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM
A primary school teacher on the island of Mathiveri in Alif Alif atoll was sacked on Thursday for refusing to take off her niqab, or full-face veil, in compliance with a civil service dress code.
Aishath Suzy, 30, was fired “for violating the guideline in reference to the 2014 Civil Service Commission regulation and the Civil Service Commission law,” according to her dismissal notice issued on August 10.
The niqab is banned under the guideline, which states that civil servants “must be dressed in a manner that makes them easily identifiable”.
Suzy’s dismissal came after she was warned by the education ministry earlier this. The first-grade teacher was sent home on January 24 because she arrived at work dressed in the niqab.
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