The Iraqi Ministry of Education mourned a twelve-year-old girl, who said that she had died “after news circulated regarding preventing the deceased from entering to take the exam before she died.”
Al-Mawsili journalist Abdullah Al-Jubouri told Al-Hurra that “the news that spread in the city, and through those close to the girl’s family, indicates that she was prevented from taking the exam because she did not wear the veil, before she died after being transferred to the hospital after suffering a nosebleed.” .
Al-Hurra was not able to confirm this news from the school or the girl’s family Nineveh Education Director The laws “do not prohibit the veil, and the topic raised in the media regarding the veil, is not in this direction.”
The Iraqi Ministry of Education said that its minister, Ali Al-Dulaimi, “contacted the family of the deceased girl, Sama Al-Mawsili, one of the students of the Agadir Girls School of Nineveh Education, and directed the urgent follow-up to the incident of her death and to determine the merits of the matter.”
And the media office of the Minister of Education added in a statement, “Al-Dulaimi ordered the concerned authorities in Nineveh’s education to give the issue the utmost importance, and to ensure the correctness of the news that was circulated regarding preventing the deceased from entering to take the exam before she dies, stressing that all strict legal measures are taken against those who fall short.” .
The news of the student’s death sparked a lot of anger on social media.
The director of Nineveh Education said that he directed the necessary legal measures to be taken.
added in Press Conference A contract in front of the girl’s house said that “education does not impose laws related to the veil.”
He added that “the issue was not in this direction, but rather in many directions related to the school’s concern for students,” without clarifying what it means.
A statement from the Nineveh Police Directorate said, “Initial investigations indicate that the girl was not expelled from the exam, and that she left the school before the exam time at eight o’clock in the morning.”
The statement added that the girl was suffering from a heart disease.
Police vowed to conduct an “impartial, fair and independent” investigation to find out why the girl dropped out of school before exam time.
Iraqi students from the completed levels, the sixth primary, the third intermediate and the sixth preparatory, are taking the “baccalaureate” exams during this period.