Sikh denied admission in Oz school over turban
Wednesday, 18/01/2017
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/diaspora/sikh-denied-admission-in-oz-school-over-turban/351963.html
Melbourne : A five-year-old Sikh boy has been denied school enrolment in Australia for wearing turban as it does not align with its uniform policy, despite a landmark ruling in 2008 against a private institution on the issue.
“It is disappointing that my son has been forced to abandon his religious practices and identity to access to an education in Melbourne’s Melton Christian College (MCC),” Sagardeep Singh Arora said.
“Having a common school uniform is important but students should also be able to wear their significant religious symbols and articles of faith,” he was quoted as saying.
The MCC, in response to the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, refused to include any additional items amid the existing permitted uniform protocol, a report said.
