No neckties for primary schoolchildren in Puducherry
The territorial government has ordered schools not to insist on primary class students wearing neckties, after a child reportedly developed breathing problems due to a tightly knotted tie.
By PTI |
PUDUCHERRY: The territorial government here has ordered schools not to insist on primary class students wearing neckties, after a child reportedly developed breathing problems due to a tightly knotted tie.
The ban would come into immediate effect, Director of Education G Ragesh Chandra, said in a circular sent to all institutions recently.
The order follows a report the directorate received from the Centrally administered JIPMER that wearing of neckties would result in children running the risk of having breathing problems and at times even leading to suffociation.
It was a medical officer at the Rural Health Centre of JIPMER at Ramanathapuram who wrote to the head of department, preventive and social medicine, JIPMER, after noticing that a child received at the centre with breathing problems was wearing a very tightly knotted tie. He immediately loosened it, making the child feel better.
This served as an eye opener and the Department sent a report through the Director of the institute, recommending dispensing of neckties by the children. It was also felt that neckties were not suitable for hot climates.
The Directorate of School Education then issued instructions, banning wearing of neckties by children in all primary schools here.
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