The Ministry of National Education is working on regulations that will warrant students "greater freedom in appearance". They are to be free of discrimination for whatever reason, with peculiar respect to the way they dress. According to MEN, current school statutes should not interfere with individual expression of pupils.
Vice-President MEN Katarzyna Lubnauer reported that the ministry is working on regulations that will give students greater freedom of appearance.
It follows from the regulation proposed by the Ministry that a primary and secondary school student "is entitled in peculiar to: shaping your own outfit and appearance". He besides enjoys freedom "from discrimination for any reason", and in peculiar due to his appearance.
The typical of the Ministry stressed that the initiative is simply a proposal for "modern solutions" in education law, tailored to the needs of young people.
More freedom in the appearance of students. Ministry announces
Katarzyna Matusik-Lipiec from KO in a parliamentary interpelling to the Minister of Education recalled that in the statutes of many Polish schools "still functioning records ordering 'natural' hair color, prohibiting coloring, specifying the acceptable kind of hairstyle or requiring students to tie their hair in a certain way".
In consequence to the appeal of the Member, Deputy Chief of the Ministry Katarzyna Lubnauer said that MEN is working on changes that will liberalise the current law to a large extent.
The current government leaves schools free to do so. The principals of the institutions personally regulate the general rules for school students to dress or the work to wear uniform clothing.
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The Deputy Minister stressed that the fresh was a proposal for "modern codification solutions on student rights and obligations", which "at the same time order the legal substance of appearance, presently present in school statutes". These solutions are the consequence of the work of a squad on the rights and duties of a student appointed by the Minister of Education.
However, changes in education law do not presume full freedom in clothing and ornaments worn by students. Ministry notes that students are to "dress up in accordance with mostly accepted social standards". It is not permitted to wear a costume in any way "calling for hatred, discriminatory, contrary to the laws or posing a threat to the safety of another persons residing in a school or outpost or student itself".
In addition, it will be mandatory to follow the rules set out in the statutes of the school as regards dress and appearance, e.g. during physical education classes and educational classes in workshops, laboratories and school studios.
Controversy around the student appearance. The affair in Kraków advanced School
The appearance of the students in school has been stimulating for years. The discussion about this subject was heated, among others, in November last year, erstwhile the manager of 1 of the Krakow advanced schools did not like his student's hairstyle.
The pedagog banned a teenager from going back to school unless he changed his appearance. During class, he telephoned him to a barber who He shaved his head..
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According to MP Matusik-Lipiec, the student was "subjected to intellectual and physical force by the manager of the facility referring to the school's statutes." However, the advanced school chief Mariusz Graniczka explained that he did not order the student to go to the barbershop. As he stated, he went to him voluntarily.
Shortly after disclosure of the incidental in Kraków advanced School, Granica was suspended in the duties of the manager of the facility.
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