After a recent order in girls colleges of Kanpur that introduced a dress code for students and teachers, a co-educational college has gone a step further.
The fashion police are out in force in the colleges of Kanpur. After a recent order in girls colleges of Kanpur that introduced a dress code for students and teachers, a co-educational college has gone a step further. It has banned male students from wearing jeans and carrying mobiles.
While students and teachers are opposing the order, academicians have divergent views. One dubbed it “unnecessary”, and another termed it a “welcome” move.
Four girls’ colleges affiliated to the Kanpur University — Juhari Devi Girls’ Degree College, SN Sen Degree College, DG Girls’ College and AN Degree College — have prohibited jeans, danglers, sleeveless blouses and heels on the campus. The ban applies to students as well as teachers, but while students violating the rule would be let off with a reprimand, teachers would have to pay Rs100 every time they flout it. “The move has been taken to check eve-teasing and ensuring discipline,” says DG Girls’ Degree College principal Meeta Jamal.
PPN Degree College, a co-ed institution, passed orders that prohibit male students from carrying mobiles and wearing jeans. The dress code has been implemented from the current academic session. Girls would not be allowed to wear “objectionable” outfits like jeans, skirts and tight tops on the campus. “Such dresses attract comments... there are over 8,000 students in the college and we cannot overlook their safety. A dress code will check eve-teasing,” Jamal said. Teachers have also been banned from wearing sleeveless blouses and using mobiles, she said.
The new dress code has neither found favour with students or teachers. “We are grown up people and at this age we should not be told what to wear,” said Saumya, a student of DG College. “As teachers, we are conscious of what we wear to college,” said a teacher not wanting to be identified.
Former Lucknow University Vice-Chancellor Prof Roop Rekha Verma described the move as “unnecessary”.
Kanpur University vice-chancellor Prof HK Sehgal welcomed the restrictions and said any step taken by college authorities to check eve-teasing should be encouraged. However, he clarified that the dress code had not been imposed by the university and that the decision was taken independently by the colleges.
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