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Colleges in coastal dist mandate uniforms for all PG programmes

Mangaluru: Educational institutions across coastal districts are now rigorously enforcing uniform, notably extending mandatory dress codes for all postgraduate (PG) programmes. Previously, formal attire like blazers was primarily restricted to MBA students, but now courses including MCA, MSc, MA, and others are also covered. In medical and allied health sciences courses, scrubs have become mandatory, and this development started post-Covid. Managements say that the move aims to cultivate a more disciplined academic environment and enhance professional grooming for the corporate world. Initially, the uniforms were required for a day or two in the week, but now it has been increased to a maximum of five days a week. "The reason we have made uniforms mandatory for all the PG students is that candidates will be entering their professional life soon after finishing the course. The corporate world or the work environment requires decency in dressing and grooming, and this exercise at the PG level helps them with it. The medical field, where earlier PG students were allowed casual dress, now mandates wearing scrubs post-Covid," said Dr M Vijayakumar, vice-chancellor of Yenepoya (Deemed to be University). Another college head mentioned that wearing a blazer and tie, or other attire that aligns with corporate culture, helps candidates easily adapt to workplace dress codes while still in college. "It becomes challenging for a candidate to adjust to wearing formal attire like a blazer and tie at work if it hasn't been a habit during their college years. It makes them bold and confident," said Vishwanath P, principal of SDM College, Ujire. Initially, the college started with two days of uniforms for PG courses, and now it is extended to five days, and on Saturdays, they are allowed to wear casual attire. This is the practice in many other colleges as well. Also, a few colleges have t-shirts as uniforms. Some colleges started uniforms replacing casual dress after requests from parents and students. For example, St Agnes College, which started uniforms for UG students in 2008, slowly extended it to PG courses too. Sr Venessa, principal of the college, said that uniform makes everyone equal, whether a student is rich or economically backward. "We started wearing uniforms only after requests from students and their parents," she said. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .