A woman shared how she had an interview with a local childcare centre.
The woman applied as an English teacher and had her interview conducted through video conference.
After a discussion, the centre director then asked her if she was okay with removing her hijab for work.
She then asked the director why, to which the director explained that it was “because the school has a uniform code to follow”.
The woman then said that the hijab has been an issue in Singapore for a long time and it is normally associated with nurses and uniformed groups, she didn’t expect this issue to apply to preschool teachers.
She argued that her hijab has never been in the way of her educating the young ones, and that she is angry that an organisation that has so much to do with the outlook of life of children to hold such “backward policies”.
She then updated her post, saying that the centre director emailed her saying that the hijab is not the main consideration factor and asked if she was okay with the other stuff mentioned so that she can forward her application.
She then asked the director why was it even brought up in the first place, to which the director said that she was just asking and that she wanted to know what the applicant would be wearing to work.
She said that she felt like she was being rejected because of her hijab, to which the director defended herself saying that she “(has) Malay friends and colleagues”.
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