Guwahati: In the midst of the national Hijab controversy, the state of Arunachal Pradesh has made a new development in the field of school uniforms, allowing students to wear traditional attire on Mondays in addition to the necessary school uniform on other days.
According to the APPSCWA, private schools in Arunachal Pradesh have made the decision to allow students to wear traditional attire on one day of the week i.e., on Monday.
The decision was made with the goal of envisioning and promoting a diverse range of traditional tribal clothing.
A meeting was held on Sunday 6 February among the representatives from more than 180 educational institutions in the state along with APPSCWA (Arunachal Pradesh Private Schools and Children Welfare Association) which undertook the decision of allowing traditional dress in schools.
Trah Jhony, the VP of the Arunachal Pradesh Private Schools and Children Welfare Association said that a decision was voted at the Sunday meeting to make it necessary for kids to wear the traditional dress to school on the first day of the week.
The association’s vice president further stated that the majority of the school students’ parents offered views on the subject, and a conclusion was reached as a result.
He also informed that the students will be able to wear their traditional attire regardless of their community from now on.
Jhony asserted that a Galo student can wear a Galo dress, a student from the Nyishi community can wear Nyishi attire, Singhpho students can wear their Singhpho outfit and similarly, a non-tribal student can wear the traditional dress that belongs to their tradition.
Students can wear their traditional clothing, but they will not be allowed to wear accessories like various jewellery or a dao dubbed a machete, according to the association’s president, Yowa Bullet.
The APPSCWA president stated that wearing accessories could be hazardous to other students in the school.