Schoolgirls are allowed to wear headscarves in school. A headscarf ban is no compatible with the school law according to the School Department.
The headteacher Bernd Hinke started the debate on a headscarf ban by changing the house rules at the Düsseldorf Anne Frank School. He reasoned his decision that life in Germany is “Christian and democratic values-oriented”. The headscarf is a symbol of oppression of women and is understood as a lack of equality.Therefore it contradicts the German constitution and “the values that we want our students to convey”, said Hinke.
The School Ministry can not follow Hinke’s argumentation. The Ministry instructed the district government to oversee that Hinke will dissociate from his idea of a headscarf ban.
