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2005-05-17 20:11:40 (UTC)

School tells teachers to cover up with aprons ~ News Article

Tue May 17,12:25 PM ET


Women teachers at a school in the Indian city of
Bhubaneswar have been told to wear aprons so that senior
male students do not get distracted by their bodies,
Indian newspapers reported Tuesday.

"The unconscious exposure of a body by a lady teacher
during teaching could be an object of amusement for male
students inside the classroom," K.C. Satpathy, the
principal of DAV Public School, was quoted in The Times of
India newspaper as saying.

"By wearing an apron, the quality of teaching could
improve."

Satpathy said the decision by the school in the eastern
city was the result of a two-year study that showed
adolescent boys in higher classes were "losing
concentration" inside the classrooms of some female
teachers.

In India, many women teachers wear saris which can cover
up as well as reveal a woman's figure, depending on how
they are worn.

Women's groups are outraged.

"What does the principal expect? Should women teachers
come to classes clad in burqas?" Katuri Mohapatra, a
woman's activist, told The Hindustan Times newspaper.




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