UNILAG Bans Indecent Dressing | Introduces New Dress Code for Students
The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has enforced a dress code for the students of the institution in a bid to check indecent dressing on campus.
In a circular to undergraduates students of the university, the university management said:
”All clothes, which reveal sensitive parts of the body such as the bust, chest, belly, upper arms and the buttocks. Example of such dresses are transparent clothing, spaghetti tops, tubes. Skirts and dresses with slits above the knees fall in this category.
Outfits such as knickers and mini-skirts, dresses, which are not at least, knee length, Inappropriate outfits e.g party-wear, beach wear and bathroom slippers should not be worn to lectures.
It has been observed that some male and female students of the University of Lagos dress indecently on campus, even to lectures. Indecent dresses are either too tight, too short or expose sensitive parts of the body. Students should maintain a clean and well-cared for appearance in all settings on campus. Wearing of tight, strapless and revealing clothes whose length are above the knees are inappropriate.
Outfits such as T-shirts, skirts and jeans, which carry obscene and subliminal messages, trousers such as hip-riders and low waist jeans” are equally prohibited,” the circular reads.
To ensure the full implementation of the order, the school mandated “lecturers and administrators to exclude students from academic activities if they are not properly dressed.
For matriculation and graduation ceremonies, the management mandated students to wear academic gowns on a black or grey suit.
Source: Vanguard
It’s about time.
Nice initiatives, hope they abide by it
It’s about damn time.
ok