UNIFORMS IN COLLEGES
A lot of discussions and debates are done to impose uniforms in colleges. Here are few views and counterviews on the same.
VIEW:
Uniforms in college has been proven to have a positive impact on students and teachers on campus. The environment becomes less competitive and helps the students focus more on learning. Uniforms creates a sense of belongingness to the institution which takes away the primary fear of every first year student; the requirement to fit in. The more unified the students become, the more excited everyone is to stand up for the community.
The safety factor is taken care of as it is easier to identify a miscreant or an individual who is not a part of the institution. Trespassers can be found and handed over to the authority with ease. There will be no argument of what to wear and it makes mornings easier when there isn’t a need to worry about how a different outfit is going to look. Uniforms are time efficient as it eliminates the everyday it becomes cost effective as it gives each student a set price and a budget. For the institution as well, it poses as an advantage considering buying in bulk creates a discount.
Uniforms in college encourage students to express themselves through other platforms than clothing. It encourages self-expression through forums like art, music, academics, etc.
Jade Hannah Prabhakhar
COUNTER VIEW:
Uniform may have a positive effect on teachers but not on student. Any college going student would choose to learn in the clothes they are comfortable in and not in a uniform in which they are restless and uncomfortable. College is about improving every part of your personality and learning is only a small aspect in college life. Choosing the clothes you wear helps you learn more about your personality and your likes and dislikes.
We don’t see multinational companies handing out uniforms to make their employees feel a certain feeling of belongingness. They look at the achievements of the individual and what they have done for the company. Instead of focusing on what the students of the college should wear, the student should feel a sense of belongingness to the college by achieving feats for their college and that feel triumphs the feel of wearing a uniform.
Wearing a uniform does not necessarily make it easy for identifying who is part of the institution or not. We are talking about the safety and identification of students of a particular institution, in an emergency. In this day and age, anything can be acquired. It holds same for uniform. A uniform does not exactly help in the safety of a student, as any miscreant can acquire the uniform and enter the institution with no questions asked.
The truth about uniform is actually the opposite as every student would at most have 3 pairs of uniforms for every week. So, what a uniform actually does is that its wastes time by having to wash it, iron it and fold it. Not only that, a uniform takes time to prepare. In this amount of time a student could focus their attention on their hobbies, work and studies.
Buying a uniform to be cost effective would actually be very expensive. For a new academic year, a student coming from an unstable financial background would have to pay the fees. On top of that they would have to pay extra money for their pairs of uniform which would be a financial inconvenience for them. This student would rather wear the clothes they already have rather than spend more money on clothes.
A person must never feel that he is less efficient just due to his appearance. Uniform can never be applied in the outside world of college. If there is no uniform in college he will be able to face the outside world too as he will already learn it inside college.
Jaison George
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