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UK school reverses ban on patka
WSN Network

Coventry, U.K.: A state school this week reversed its policy of banning the patka after a concerned Sikh body wrote to the school principal last week on behalf of the parents and the local Sikh Gurdwara.

8-year-old Prabhkirat Singh, who has worn a patka since he was 4 years old, was very disturbed when he joined Broad Heath Primary school in January and was told he had to remove his patka in school. Prabhkirat Singh said he had a 'Sikh feeling' that made him stand up for the right to wear a patka.

'We moved from Glasgow to Coventry as I couldn't get a part-time whilst studying there because I wore a turban. Therefore, when the school said my son had to remove his patka we were doubly devastated,' said Prabhkirat Singh's father, Jaswinder Singh, from the Panjab, who is in the UK on a student's visa.

It was United Sikhs that got into the picture and helped resolve the issue. It wrote to the head teacher, Miss Byrne, last week explaining the significance of the patka or turban to school.

18 June, 2008
 

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