Summary:
However, two months later, women teachers are still not allowed to wear “Punjabi dress”.Salwar-kameez, colloquially called “Punjabi dress” in Gujarat, caused a debate earlier this year, when an association of women teachers demanded permission to wear it as formal wear, instead of the sari . The circular was well-received by women teachers, who have for years been demanding that the unwritten ‘sari code’ be abolished. Jagruti Patel, a Vadnagar-based teacher, said that the government notification only mentions the primary section and secondary and higher secondary schools make this find the excuse to not allow any other types of dress. A circular issued by an Ahmedabad-based school mandated that women teachers wear saris for two days a week and for festivals and formal events. Digvijaysinh Jadeja, president of Primary Teachers Association, said the Mehsana DPEO had to revoke a 2011 circular making saris compulsory..