Several female staff in government schools and colleges are discontented with the requirement to wear saris for work. This practice contradicts a Government Order that allows teachers to opt for comfortable clothing.
The G.O. No. 67, issued by the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department in 2019, reads: “Government servants are required to wear neat, clean, formal attire that is appropriate to the workplace setting, so as to maintain the decorum of the office while in duty, like saree or salwar kameez or churidhar with dupatta in the case of female government servants.” But most government or municipal corporation institutes have formed their own rules.
