Tajikistan: The Education Ministry issued permission to the teachers to wear beard and galoshes
The new recommendations of the Education Ministry in Tajikistan on outfit of the teachers in secondary schools and higher education institutions are put in effect on October 1.
ITAR-TASS reports that in accordance with the Education Ministry rules 50 plus men are allowed to wear bears, no longer than 3 centimeters. From now on, the teachers are allowed to wear galoshes to work (very popular in the republic and rural areas in particular, the type of ethnic footwear). The rules totally prohibit wearing mini-skirts, jeans, sheer shirts, clinging dress and multi-color shirts.
Earlier, Tajik Education Minister Abdudzhabbor Rakhmonov announced that "the introduction of new dress code for school and college teachers does not mean sameness of dresses and standard uniform in particular".
"We have approved twenty types of apparel for men and women, including national dresses that assume traditional apparel, made of national silk for women and tyubeteika (hats) for men", Mr. Rakhmonov underlined.
It has to be mentioned that earlier the Education Ministry of the republic forced all school children and student to wear ties and suits. Girls were prohibited to wear skirts and mini-skirts; they were suggested following "white and black" standard and dress up in national Tajik apparels. The President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon also banned the use of cell phones (even in turned off mode), driving own vehicle to school and celebration of graduation balls and ABC book party.