Around 19 girls in Karanataka are on the verge of dropping out of college as they failed to appear for examinations and attend classes. Three months after Karnataka High Court ruled that Muslim girl students should abide by the decisions of the college development committees (CDCs) and wear prescribed uniforms without hijab, 19 students of government first-grade college at Haleyangadi here have been skipping classes.

The students, who are adamant about wearing hijab in classrooms, are now on the verge of dropping out of college as they have neither written examinations nor attended classes for the last three months.