Dress code of teachers, school children will not change: Minister 04.Nov.2022
The Education Ministry has said not to make any changes in the dress code of the teachers and children.
While attending the Innovation Exhibition held at Vivekananda Vidyalaya as the chief guest, Minister Premajayantha said as the school system depends on the discipline of 420,000 children as the child follows the principal and the teacher, the Education Ministry does not wish to make any changes in the attires worn by the teachers and children in those schools, the Minister said.
“Our culture has not been changed based on the concepts of other countries and the West,” he said.
"The Maha Sangha, Hindu, Muslim religious leaders, elders, academics, alumni associations and development societies, after seeing a story published in a newspaper, requested him personally to not make any changes to the cultural identity," he said.
“I believe that 99% of our teachers do not agree to change this dress. We wear our usual clothes. Let's keep our culture. Let's make our children disciplined in school,” he said.
“We should not work according to an agenda others want, even though some people are trying to change the culture, the Ministry of Education is not making any changes in the teachers' clothes,” he added.