School issues dress code for ex-students
A parent assists a form one student carry her belongings on February 10, 2014. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA
What you need to know:
- Old girls visiting Nyabururu Girls are expected to wear skirts or anything but trousers, if they expect to be served
- The school’s principal, Ms Elmelda Ochenge denied that the school had come up with such a directive
A secondary school in Kisii has prohibited all its former students from visiting the institution in trousers.
Old girls visiting Nyabururu Girls are expected to wear skirts or anything but trousers, if they expect to be served.
A notice at the sentry room near the school gate and typed in capital letters reads: “Former students will not be allowed into the institution in trousers.”
LEARN THE HARD WAY
Ms Lucy Juma, who left the school in 2009, learnt about the directive the hard way.
“I went to the school in August last year to get my papers. To my shock, the guards told me I could not go in wearing trousers,” she said, adding that the guards referred her to a note posted at the sentry room.
The 25-year-old said she was forced to go back to Kisii Town to buy a skirt in order to be served.
However, the school’s principal, Ms Elmelda Ochenge denied that the school had come up with such a directive.
The notice also did not indicate who had issued the directive.
