India, Oct. 15 -- A controversy over a student being denied permission to wear a hijab (headscarf) at a school in Kerala's Ernakulam district appeared to have been resolved on Tuesday, with the student's father agreeing to follow the school's uniform code following mediation talks. At the same time, the education department's inquiry report recommended that the student be allowed to wear the hijab as part of her religious beliefs.

The row had broken out at the St Rita's Public School in Palluruthy, managed by the Catholic Church, after PM Anas, the father of a class 8 girl student, insisted that his daughter be allowed to wear the hijab during classes, a demand that the school authorities did not agree to, citing its uniform code. Author...