Ranked as one of the bests among Degree and PG colleges in India, St Francis College for Women at Begumpet has placed a weird dress code rule for its students asking them to wear below knee-length Kurtis last week. Also, no sleeveless was allowed, making any dress that shows skin is banned from premises. This new policy on dress code, all of a sudden, made students feel that it is regressive and backward.
The furious students, after protesting against the college administration for its new dress code policy has finally won over the management. The college has, at last, agreed to take back their rule and maintain as per the prospectus. Students, while joining the college, agrees to not wear “short, plunge necklines or cold-shoulder” dresses. But they are allowed to wear t-shirts and Kurtis of any length.
Nearly for two weeks, 500 students and alumni have joined in on the protest against the latest dress code. This made the principal Sandra Horta step back on the new decision. That means the new rules do not apply anymore on the dress code. Also, no checking is being made at the main gate. Earlier, new female security personnel were appointed to check the length of Kurtis every single day. The students called it a big success as it was a fight against patriarchy and internalised misogyny. The fight was also joined by other college students which made the management to revert their decision.
Right from August 1, where this new rule was implemented, a few students were stopped to enter the class for not following the dress code. One of the ex-students of the college, Zanobia Tumbi, posted a Facebook post saying that the college management announced this new dress code right in the middle of the year and also told students that “a long Kurti would get us good marriage proposals”. Moreover, Zanobia claimed that the college authorities told “standing up for a cause is blasphemous, raising your voice is blasphemous”. She claimed that students are being insulted even if the Kurti is an inch above the knees. As a punishment, the students were made to stand outside the class.
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