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Bareilly College women teachers protest dress
code
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 02:58:46 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow:
Teachers of a prestigious Bareilly College, one of the
oldest in the country, in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district are up
in arms against the college authorities for suggesting sari as a
dress code for young women teachers.
The administration of the Bareilly College, set up in 1837, issued
a circular to heads of various departments, suggesting that the
dress code could improve the academic atmosphere on the campus.
"It's totally illogical…We cannot improve the academic atmosphere
by imposing dress code of women teachers," Vandana Sharma, co-ordinator
of the journalism department in the college, told reporters
Wednesday in Bareilly, some 250 km from Lucknow.
"Teachers of any college would agree that for improving academic
results, we need to focus on other aspects like teaching
methodology, teachers' training and not on teachers' dress,"
Sharma said.
Echoing similar sentiments, Poornima Anil, a teacher in the
English department of the college, said majority of teachers would
oppose any kind of dress code that is imposed on them as it would
not bring any positive change in terms of academic development.
Women teachers of the college are also of the view that male
teachers should also follow a dress code.
"I can say that the dress code has nothing to do with the academic
atmosphere, but if it has been suggested taking into account the
so-called moral aspects, the male teachers should be instructed to
wear dhoti-kurta on the campus," added Sharma.
College Principal R.P. Singh told IANS: "I had issued the circular
last week…The dress code has not been implemented yet…I have just
suggested it for the women teachers, particularly those who are
young and employed on an ad-hoc basis in the college."
"The dress code, if applied, will differentiate the young women
ad-hoc teachers from the girl students in the college," Singh
said.
However, Singh could not explain how the dress code will improve
the academic standards of the college.
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