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 | One for all: Principals believe students waste time deciding what to wear during Board exams. They also say some students wear revealing clothes, which distract the other students and supervisors.
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Schools and supervisors increasingly seem to be more concerned about what students are wearing to SSC exam centres rather than who is peeping into whose answer sheet.
Some principals now want uniforms to be made mandatory during Board exams, as they believe students waste time deciding what to wear instead of studying.
Some even come for their exams in revealing clothes that distract not only the student sitting behind them, but also the supervisor, they add.
Abha Dharampal, principal, Utpal Sanghvi School, Juhu, said, “The Board should make school uniforms mandatory. I ask my students to wear their uniform for exams.
Last year, I had to call a parent of an SSC student to bring a decent dress for her daughter, as her low-waist jeans was distracting the boy sitting behind her. The supervisor was getting distracted by the deep neck of her top.”
Another principal, Raj Aloni of Sir J J Fort Boys’ High School, said, “Once a boy came up to me when I was supervising a Scholastic Aptitude Test and requested a change of seat, as he was getting distracted by the low-waist jeans worn by the girl sitting ahead of him.
Most of the south Mumbai schools, including ours, now ask their students to wear uniforms during board exams.”
Who cares?
While students agree that they waste time deciding what to wear, they say clothes don’t distract them.
A girl from Mulund, who is appearing for her SSC exam this year, said, “I have seen girls wearing backless tops to exam centres, but no one has objected to them. I wear low-waist jeans, but no one has complained about being distracting by them.”
A Std X boy from a Byculla school said, “Uniforms should not be made compulsory. My parents do shout at me for wasting time deciding what to wear while I going for my exams, but I ignore them.”
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