On December 27 2024 the Observer Post reported that a student named Abu Bakr was stopped from entering an exam hall because of his beard. This happened at an unnamed school where exam staff seemed to be enforcing a rule about facial hair that wasn’t official. A video of the interaction went viral showing staff talking about how students with beards might need extra questioning.
The video caught staff saying they thought students with beards should be asked questions or checked more closely. People saw this as discriminatory. It seemed like the staff was acting on their own biases not on school rules and that it might have violated Abu Bakr’s rights. They were stopping him from taking the exam just because of his beard. This has led to a lot of talk about whether this kind of thing is okay at schools.
The main thing the report focused on was how Abu Bakr was treated unfairly at the exam hall. It makes people question if schools are being professional and respecting people’s choices. The whole thing came out thanks to the Observer Post and social media but it looks like this is a one-time issue and that there aren’t any official rules that say this. The video really shows that the exam staff weren’t acting professionally.