schools can decide whether to ban full face veils, says morgan /

Published at 2016-01-19 12:00:08

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Education secretary’s comment comes after PM ruled out French-style ban but backed institutions with ‘sensible rules’ The education secretary,Nicky Morgan, has said it is “very much up to schools” whether they want to ban the full-face veil, and arguing that being able to see a person’s mouth was important for teaching.
Morgan
was speaking after the chief schools inspector,Sir Michael Wilshaw, said inspectors had found that devout dress that covered the face sometimes caused communication problems.
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Source: theguardian.com