MBA, law students to don formal look

AHMEDABAD: Forget the casual jeans and T-shirt college attire. From next year, students pursuing Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree might attend college adhering to a formal dress code, including formal trousers, shining shoes, tie and even a suit in winters!
This is part of the plan of Gujarat University (GU) which is mulling to introduce a dress code in certain colleges teaching professional courses.The code is likely to be implemented in colleges offering legal, management and BEd courses.
"We are planning to introduce a dress code in professional colleges. This will not only give a certain identity to the students but also provide them a feel of professionalism as they prepare to get exposed to the market later on after they complete the courses," vice-chancellor of GU Parimal Trivedi told TOI.
The GU officials will ask the students, who take admission to LLB and LLM courses in legal colleges, to wear black trousers, white shirt and black tie - a dress code which is followed by lawyers. The black coat might be given a miss as even the lawyers are opposing it as it causes discomfort during summers.
In BEd colleges, a dress code has not been formalised but it is most likely to be sarees for female students and formal trousers and shirts for the male.
"We want to adhere to this dress code on an experimental basis. If it works, we will apply it to other professional courses as well," said Trivedi. He emphasised that the code was not a curtailment on the freedom of choice of the students but to make them stand out as professional students and get them a hang of the power dressing they will be required to follow once they complete their professional courses.
Dean of education faculty RS Patel said he opposes dress codes but believes that students training to be teachers should not wear jeans, skirts and T-shirts as it does not conform to the image of a teacher.