{"id":59826,"date":"2022-09-18T13:42:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T13:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=59826"},"modified":"2022-09-18T13:42:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T13:42:42","slug":"as-schools-resume-in-anambra-bans-above-knee-skirts-for-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=59826","title":{"rendered":"As schools resume in Anambra, govt bans mini-skirts and gowns for girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <strong>Chuks Moses<\/strong>, Awka<\/p>\n<p>The Anambra State Government has placed a ban on the wearing of mini-length uniforms and skirts in schools across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The state&#8217;s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, made this known during an interactive meeting with Education Secretaries of public and mission schools held at ASUBEB hall, Awka.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner didn&#8217;t hide her displeasure on what she saw as &#8220;the growing trend of putting on mini-length uniforms (skirts\/gowns) in schools.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, &#8221; it goes against the acceptable dress code for schools in the state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prof Chuma-Udeh pointed out that a student should look smart, well-groomed, project positive vibes and not be indecently dressed for school.<\/p>\n<p>Knee length, the Commissioner noted, remains the acceptable length for school uniforms in the state, not above the knee.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cYou are the foundation. you control the formative years of the children<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us infuse the right morals and discipline in students so they grow to be rational human beings, showing them there is more to life<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we fail to get it right at this stage, we have failed to protect the future of the children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner met with Education Secretaries from all the 21 Council areas to discuss way forward for the sector as the next academic session commences Sept 19, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chuks Moses, Awka The Anambra State Government has placed a ban on the wearing of mini-length uniforms and skirts in schools across the state. The state&#8217;s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, made this known during an interactive meeting with Education Secretaries of public and mission schools held at ASUBEB hall, Awka. The Commissioner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":41900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5783],"tags":[71,5115,5116],"class_list":["post-59826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education","tag-anambra","tag-mini","tag-uniforms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}