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| Concept of uniforms for college students lost its relevance | | Uniform disparity | | Pankhaur Aggrawal
JAMMU, Mar 3: Uniform, a word which means uniformity and no disparity but this concept of uniforms for college students has lost its relevance in Jammu city, as it has emerged as a sign of discrimination and inequality.
Have you seen a college where uniform is prescribed only for girls and not boys? In Jammu colleges, uniform is prescribed for girls only and boys are left out of this purview.
"We are required to adhere to the dress code but what about boys in the colleges in close vicinity; they are free to wear whatever they like", rues Pallavi Khanna, a teen from Doda pursuing her degree course in science in a city college.
The thing which makes the concept more interesting and unique is that in one college, students wear uniform of two colours.
The uniform codes prescribed for unmarried, engaged and married girls are different in Women's colleges in Jammu.
Interestingly unmarried girls are directed to wear white dress, engaged girls to wear white suit and pink dupatta, while married girls wear full pink colour dress. Uniform means no disparity or unvarying standards, but this definition gets defied in Jammu colleges, as there is a huge disparity.
Contrary to the general trend, in rest of the country, the college goers experience less restriction on them, the college campuses in Jammu have to follow the dress code, but for girls only.
The majority of the girl students hold the view that they are clothed in white because of gender prejudice. Male domination of the society is held responsible for not allowing girl students to be as free in choosing the type of clothes they want to wear even at the college level, while male students are given the liberty to do so.
Aashna Anand, another student said, "Rules and regulations were always made for girls because girls always obey the orders whereas boys do not care so much for it. We girls have no problem with uniform but same should be applied to boys as well." Society is divided on the prescription of uniform for girls only in Jammu colleges. Some describe this discriminatory prescription as gender prejudice of the male-dominated society, while others approve of it as according to them it eliminates demonstration of status divisions among the girl students in colleges.
They feel that if the uniform is not prescribed for the girl students, wearing costly dresses by some students would have a negative impact on the personality of other students coming from economically weaker sections of the society.
Kiran Bakshi, principal of women college Parade said, "Recommendation of uniform code for girls was a good decision taken by the authorities but there should be uniform code prescribed for boys, too."
She further said, "Uniform was necessary for students as it makes their identification and differentiate college students from the rest of society.
It also helps to maintain equality among students and prevent the chances of class distinctions among them."
If there will be no uniforms, naturally, fashion will be more prevalent in the college campuses.
Even students from different backgrounds and different segments of the society study in college campus and in case there will be no dress code; it will give rise to unwarranted race for wearing trendy dresses. Those who can't afford will suffer from numerous psycho disorders and may give birth to some evils.
"Reasonably, the dress code should be adhered to, in order to bring uniformity in the society", says Chandar Kundra, father of a student in the city's Parade College. |
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