Madhya Pradesh, “government-school” teachers to have a dress code!

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It is the first time that a dress code for teachers is proposed for government-run schools and colleges in MP. Surprisingly the teaching community has hailed the state government’s idea of striking dress code for them.

State higher education minister Deepak Joshi, on Saturday, directed that his government is planning to enforce a dress code for teachers to make them as well as the people conscious of the teacher’s special place in the society. Apart from this, they will also get their due recognition in the society, Joshi told the media.

Nirmala Deshpande, a teacher from state government-run high school in Bhopal, told the dress code will not bring us recognition in society but also give us a sense of responsibility. Opposition parties, however, see some ulterior motive with such a move by the state government.

“It is a diverting tactic by the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government to shift the attention of the people from the developing displeasure among the teachers and students over the lack of infrastructure, like the school buildings and sufficient teaching staff”, a spokesman of the opposition party said.  He also added that the government-run colleges have earlier also tried to impose a dress code for women faculty members prohibiting them from wearing western clothes such as jeans.