News Forum - Chulalongkorn University says students can ditch their uniforms

[Thaiger]

After growing pressure online from students, Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Law has agreed to do away with mandatory student uniforms. Education authorities have been hotly debating whether to relax the rules of attire for students across the country, and this decision by the law faculty of Thailand’s oldest university might help sway policy nationwide. A university lecturer announced the uniform decision yesterday in a post on Facebook stating that the mandatory dress code had been overturned with all 14 law lecturers on faculty agreeing to the repeal. They had signed a letter to the dean saying they will allow their […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

Great news! Now the students are finally able to compete regarding whos able to afford the most expensive prestige brand clothes.

[MrStretch]

No, only the Faculty of Law has passed a resolution to allow students to wear their own clothes, not the entire university.

Accuracy in headline writing is key.

[riclag]

For a chosen few retailers, there’s Lots and lots of revenue in those uniform sales! 

[ronnie666]

Wow finally someone knows what year it is and give people some freedom... good start

[TheDirtyDurian]

Terrible news. Let's hope this cancer doesn't spread.

[ConsoleCowboy]

"UNIVERSITY" ?... What kind of University makes adults wear uniforms ? 0_o 
Its a University not a primary school ...

[DesperateOldHand]

6 minutes ago, ConsoleCowboy said:

"UNIVERSITY" ?... What kind of University makes adults wear uniforms ? 0_o 
Its a University not a primary school ...

Tradition. Largely has much to do with the rather illogical [and repressive] honouring of the particular patronage and militarism associations. All a bit of a paradox in a Buddhist culture.

[Marc26]

6 hours ago, DoUKnowWhoIAm said:

Great news! Now the students are finally able to compete regarding whos able to afford the most expensive prestige brand clothes.

If you have kids in University in Thailand, they do that plenty after school..........