Students hope for uniformity

Vijayawada: Educational institutions in the capital and metro cities are a major attraction for local students as they are more advanced in various aspects like providing quality of education, use of technology, and also liberal student life.

One such expectation of the students in Vijayawada, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, is the liberal dress code.

Many renowned colleges in Vijayawada, an education hub of AP, offer graduate and postgraduate courses in advanced and unique subjects.

However, when it comes to dress code there are hardly any colleges that allow students to wear casual clothes to college.

There are more than 35 engineering colleges in the district but most of them impose a strict dress code for students.

“Students should be allowed the freedom to wear what they like even if it is only formal wear so that they can learn to dress professionally which is the requirement of multinational companies,” said S. Surya Sujan, an MBA student.

 “Students are expected to dress decently. Or else colleges are forced to impose dress codes,” said a professor on condition of anonymity.

“We are going to be the state capital and we need to be up to date. We hope our college gives students some liberty in certain aspects from the next academic year,” said engineering student Ch. Chaitanya.

It may be worth mentioning that last year Andhra Loyola College, a 60-year-old college in city imposed a dress code for the first time in its history.

Similarly, another top engineering college imposed dress code but after being faced with protests from students it was made mandatory only for first year students.