Sari not mandatory for teachers: Gujarat govt

AHMEDABAD: In a major sigh of reduction for several female faculty lecturers, they are going to no more be compelled to put on a sari to school. A just lately issued notification by way of the state training division has indicated that women lecturers might choose a proper apparel that fits them – be it a sari or a salwar kameez – should no longer be confused for his or her apparel whilst at work. The factor was once debated widely, of late, after cases of women lecturers being confused for no longer dressed in a saree to work and at other puts whilst on duty, got here to the fore.

Sources mentioned that previously, several District Education Offices (DEOs) had passed order, making sari a mandatory apparel in school and other puts of respectable duty. In reality, women have been being confused by way of the elected officials on duty, for no longer striking on a sari, threatening that their increments can be halted. Sources additionally mentioned that several women confronted severe discomfort in dressed in a sari as they needed to shuttle longer distances.

The factor was once additionally represented earlier than the deputy leader minister, Nitin Patel, by way of the Gujarat Government Teaching and Non-Teaching Staffers’ Committee.