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School Uniform Requirement to be Abolished
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School Uniform Requirement to be Abolished
18 May 2010
The Education Ministry'slongstandingand long-debatedschool uniform requirement is set to come to an end at the beginning of the next school year.
Despite a ministry decision in recent years that the bluecollaredshirt in elementary school uniforms was no longer to berequired, the school uniform industrydemandthat the standard stay in place, delaying theimplementationof the new system until this fall. The Education Ministry says that it aims toultimatelyabolishnot just the blue shirt, but school uniforms entirely.
The ministry says that it is moreappropriatefor students toattendschool dressed in everydayattireand has completed preparation of theregulationsneeded to effect a change in dress code policy. Education Minister Nimet Çubukçu ran an onlinepollover whether or not students should be able to dress as they please in schools, with support high for an abolishment of school uniforms. In the coming days Çubukçu is set to bring up the issue with the Cabinet; provided that all goes well, school uniforms will be a thing of the past by the fall.
Meanwhile, producers of school uniforms are not pleased at the prospects of a change in the regulations. Industry administrators have expressed displeasure over the changes, which they say will eliminate demand for blue blouses and uniforms, complaining to Minister Çubukçu and members of the Cabinet as well as taking out advertising space in newspapers to voice theirdiscontent. Representatives of the industryassertthat this change will leave thousands unemployed when the billion-lira industry just disappears.
"Theministryhasn't made any statement saying that the uniforms will be abolished, and we continued producing them. We have hundreds of thousands of uniforms in hand right now; if they don't sell, we'llgo bankrupt,' they complain.
They also say that the abolishment of the school uniform will change the atmosphere at schools, emphasizing distinctions between theaffluentand the poor based on clothing and leading to apreoccupationwith fashion instead of studies.
Okullarda Üniforma Zorunluluğu Kaldırılıyor - School Uniform Requirement to be Abolished
School Uniform Requirement to be Abolished
18 May 2010
The Education Ministry'slongstandingand long-debatedschool uniform requirement is set to come to an end at the beginning of the next school year.
Despite a ministry decision in recent years that the bluecollaredshirt in elementary school uniforms was no longer to berequired, the school uniform industrydemandthat the standard stay in place, delaying theimplementationof the new system until this fall. The Education Ministry says that it aims toultimatelyabolishnot just the blue shirt, but school uniforms entirely.
The ministry says that it is moreappropriatefor students toattendschool dressed in everydayattireand has completed preparation of theregulationsneeded to effect a change in dress code policy. Education Minister Nimet Çubukçu ran an onlinepollover whether or not students should be able to dress as they please in schools, with support high for an abolishment of school uniforms. In the coming days Çubukçu is set to bring up the issue with the Cabinet; provided that all goes well, school uniforms will be a thing of the past by the fall.
Meanwhile, producers of school uniforms are not pleased at the prospects of a change in the regulations. Industry administrators have expressed displeasure over the changes, which they say will eliminate demand for blue blouses and uniforms, complaining to Minister Çubukçu and members of the Cabinet as well as taking out advertising space in newspapers to voice theirdiscontent. Representatives of the industryassertthat this change will leave thousands unemployed when the billion-lira industry just disappears.
"Theministryhasn't made any statement saying that the uniforms will be abolished, and we continued producing them. We have hundreds of thousands of uniforms in hand right now; if they don't sell, we'llgo bankrupt,' they complain.
They also say that the abolishment of the school uniform will change the atmosphere at schools, emphasizing distinctions between theaffluentand the poor based on clothing and leading to apreoccupationwith fashion instead of studies.
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