Dress code for teachers
The circular from the Department of Higher Education stating that teachers may wear any type of decent and comfortable dress during work is welcome. The word "décent" should be underlined.
I say this because when a dirty Malayalam film hy name 'Premam' came out, there were a lot of teachers attending schools and colleges wearing black shirts and white dhotis. It was very bad because the teachers should not resort to childish practices.
Currently, there is no rule requiring female teachers to wear only the saree, but some schools and colleges insist it. This is quite unseemly because the churidar is more comfortable than the sari at work and when travelling. Male teachers who come to colleges wearing T-shirts without wearing innerwear are disgusting. Does anyone think the T-shirt and Bermuda are decent for teachers?
Although the uniform dress is unacceptable, pants (dhoti) and shirts for male teachers and sari or churidar for female teachers are the most appropriate. All other dresses , though comfortable, are unacceptable.
K A Solaman
