Girls in the Stavropol region instead hijab will go to school in headscarves.

The director of the school  12 Marina Savchenko.

Earlier in the Stavropol region director of high school has banned female students from Muslim families to come to class in hijab, then parents of girls and the Mufti of the region appealed to the prosecutor, who launched a probe.

According to parents, the ban violates the right of their daughters to access to education and freedom of religion.

In addition, in late December 2010, the rector of the Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University, Alexander Gorbunov said the academic council of the university intends to introduce restrictions on the wearing of religious clothing of some elements, including the hijab . However, after the publicity initiators of the idea were quick to abandon it.

«We found a compromise and girls come to school in headscarves, they took off the hijab, but still with his head covered," - said Savchenko.

According to her, students keep up with the educational program.