Hyderabad: In an attempt to curb sexual harassment cases in school, a woman legislator of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti advised that short dresses should be replaced with salwar kameez as school uniform.
The legislator, Konda Surekha, said in the state assembly that there should be a strict dress code for girls studying in class 10.
“Salwar kameez should be replaced with short dresses as school uniform because it covers the entire body and also upkeeps modesty,” said the legislator from Warangal East constituency.
Besides, the former women development minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh said that harassers should be debarred from attending school and strict actions should be taken against them such that they think twice before harassing a girl.
“The harassers shouldn’t be given admission to schools,” she added.
Government employees who are accused of harassing should also be penalised, said the legislator.
