{"id":80443,"date":"2022-11-29T00:27:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T04:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=80443"},"modified":"2022-11-29T20:49:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:49:31","slug":"80443","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=80443","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMales must be Invited to wear Saris five days a week,Travel to School and Teach for Several Hours and Return Home\u201d says EFSL Co-ordinator Dr.Tara de Mel"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBy Marianne David<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Dress code\u2019 for teachers or any public servant should be a personal choice of the wearer and as long as it is respectable and appropriate for the profession, teachers and public servants should be allowed to make their own choice, asserted Education Forum Sri Lanka Co-coordinator (EFSL) Dr. Tara de Mel, in an interview with The Sunday Morning Education. <\/p>\n

Highlighting the absurdity of talking about a dress code at a time when the Sri Lankan education system was in deep crisis, Dr. de Mel pointed out that instead of micromanaging issues connected to teachers\u2019 attire, the Government and Education Ministry should address the bigger problems at hand.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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How do you view the dress code for teachers in Sri Lanka and the surrounding uproar these days?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I really don\u2019t know why there is an \u2018uproar\u2019 or why there should be a \u2018dress code\u2019 for teachers or any public servant, for that matter. Shouldn\u2019t it be a personal choice of the wearer? As long as it is respectable and appropriate for the profession, why can\u2019t we allow teachers or any public servant to make their own choice? <\/p>\n

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Aren\u2019t there far more important matters to pay attention to, especially given the massive challenges in terms of learning losses, cost of living, and so on, with many children missing out on education?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undoubtedly! The Sri Lankan education system is in deep, deep crisis, with children dropping out of school due to the multiple crises we are facing and learning losses galore due to pandemic-led school closures and economic\/food crisis-led issues, and many more. Yet, we are talking about a dress code!<\/p>\n

How practical is it for teachers to wear saree as the standard attire? How does it enable the learning environment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think the best way to answer that question would be to invite males who promulgate these regulations to wear sari five days a week \u2013 wrapping six yards of cloth around them, each day at the crack of dawn \u2013 and then travel for hours by bus, or walk, or both, and then teach for several hours in school. And return by bus again.
\nNearly 500 or more schools have poor sanitary facilities, with no flowing water on tap, and the monthly burden of menstruation adds to their woes \u2013 how would lady teachers cope? Is there anything more impractical? This is without mentioning the cost of a sari, which is so prohibitive today.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

What should the attire for teachers ideally be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are teachers incapable of deciding for themselves what they should wear to school? As long as it is respectable and decent attire, why can\u2019t the choice be given to them? Do we dictate what male public servants should wear to office? Just as much as we give males the freedom of choice, it\u2019s high time we gave female public servants (and indeed, teachers) the freedom of choice.<\/p>\n

Why does teachers\u2019 attire cause such uproar in this country? <\/strong><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t or shouldn\u2019t. It\u2019s when some short-sighted people in authority take this up as an issue that it becomes an uproar. Surely if anyone wants an issue, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a shortage of issues connected to the education system in Sri Lanka. Let\u2019s focus on the real issues and let\u2019s create an uproar on those.<\/p>\n

How should the Government and Education Ministry address this issue?
\nThey shouldn\u2019t. The more the Government and the Ministry interfere with such issues, the bigger the problems. Let them please not micromanage issues connected to teachers\u2019 attire. I am sure they can find bigger problems to deal with, if they wished!<\/p>\n

Courtesy:The Morning<\/em><\/p>\n

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