Dress code for teachers in TN

Dec. 15: The department of school education has shot a communiqué to all chief and district education officers to strictly implement dress code – for teachers – in schools.

After complaints surfaced from parents of wards that some women teachers wear ‘window-type’ designer blouses and male teachers, bleached and skin-tight jeans and T-shirts to schools, the department has said a strict no to such informal wear.

A communiqué issued by joint director C. Usha Rani asked the education officers to instruct teachers to dress decently. Ms Rajani Ratnamala, chief education officer, Madurai, said, “We received a communication yesterday in this context. However, there is no such complaint from our region so far.”

The instruction is a result of media reports, which claimed, quoting parents, that a few women teachers wear window-type blouses to schools and some others, casual attire, which they vociferously opposed.

However, teaching associations want physical education teachers to be allowed to wear T-shirts.