<p>Wearing jeans, t-shirts or leggings would no longer be allowed at the Sarojini Naidu Government Girls Post Graduate College here, commonly known as Nutan College, as the authorities have decided to have a dress code.<br /><br /></p>.<p>From the next month, the students will have to wear salwar, kurta and a jacket. "We have decided to implement a dress code from the next month when a new semester would start. The girls have been making this demand for long," said the college principal Vandana Agnihotri.<br /><br />The dress code would instill discipline among the students, as in schools, she told PTI.<br /><br />"Some girls from final year had come to me. They are completing their studies. Their contention was they will have to purchase a new dress only for (remaining) few months," she said, when asked if there was any opposition to the decision.<br /><br />College was yet to decide whether these girls should be granted exemption, she said.<br /><br />Students from weaker financial background develop inferiority complex when they see other girls wearing expensive clothes, and dress code would avoid this, she said.<br /><br />"Dress code would have several advantages. It would bring a sense of uniformity among students as some of them feel inferior when their friends come to the college wearing expensive clothes," Agnihotri said.<br /><br />The Congress-affiliated National Students Union of India said the decision reflected misplaced priorities.<br /><br />"Education system is facing a lot of challenges like lack of faculty and poor infrastructure. The decision would only increase the financial burden on students who mostly come from middle or lower-middle classes," said Vivek Tripathi, NSUI spokesperson. </p>
<p>Wearing jeans, t-shirts or leggings would no longer be allowed at the Sarojini Naidu Government Girls Post Graduate College here, commonly known as Nutan College, as the authorities have decided to have a dress code.<br /><br /></p>.<p>From the next month, the students will have to wear salwar, kurta and a jacket. "We have decided to implement a dress code from the next month when a new semester would start. The girls have been making this demand for long," said the college principal Vandana Agnihotri.<br /><br />The dress code would instill discipline among the students, as in schools, she told PTI.<br /><br />"Some girls from final year had come to me. They are completing their studies. Their contention was they will have to purchase a new dress only for (remaining) few months," she said, when asked if there was any opposition to the decision.<br /><br />College was yet to decide whether these girls should be granted exemption, she said.<br /><br />Students from weaker financial background develop inferiority complex when they see other girls wearing expensive clothes, and dress code would avoid this, she said.<br /><br />"Dress code would have several advantages. It would bring a sense of uniformity among students as some of them feel inferior when their friends come to the college wearing expensive clothes," Agnihotri said.<br /><br />The Congress-affiliated National Students Union of India said the decision reflected misplaced priorities.<br /><br />"Education system is facing a lot of challenges like lack of faculty and poor infrastructure. The decision would only increase the financial burden on students who mostly come from middle or lower-middle classes," said Vivek Tripathi, NSUI spokesperson. </p>