bengaluru high schools in karnataka reopened on monday after being shut from last wednesday following untoward incidents in parts of the state over the hijab rowsection 144 of the criminal procedure code has been imposed in sensitive areas in the districts of udupi and dakshina kannada and bengaluruthe chief minister basavaraj bommai on sunday expressed confidence that peace and normalcy will prevailhe had also said that a decision regarding reopening of preuniversity and degree colleges will be taken after assessing the situationthe government on friday said that the holiday announced to universities belonging to the department of higher education and colleges under the department of collegiate and technical education dcte in the wake of the raging hijab row has been extended till february 16the karnataka high court in its interim order pending consideration of all petitions related to the hijab row had earlier requested the state government to reopen educational institutions and restrained all the students from wearing saffron shawls scarves hijab and any religious flag within the classroomon january 1 six girl students of a college in udupi attended a press conference held by campus front of india cfi in the coastal town protesting against the college authorities denying them entry into the classroom by wearing hijabthis was four days after they requested the principal permission to wear hijabs in classes which was not allowed till then students used to wear the hijab to the campus and entered the classroom after removing the scarves the college principal rudre gowda had saidthe institution did not have any rule on hijabwearing as such and since no one used to wear it to the classroom in the last 35 years the students who came with the demand had the backing of outside forces rudre gowda had said