When few students of Mumbai's KJ Somaiya College of Engineering woke up to take their exams on October 23, they had no idea that they will be forced to leave the examination midway for not dressing up according to the whims and fancies of the principal. [Link]
The students were asked to leave the college premises and barred from sitting for the exam. They were wearing t-shirts and polo shirts, which, according to the college principal, violated the dress code laid down by him. College guidelines bar boys from wearing t-shirts and girls from wearing figure-hugging ones.
Dr Raj Kishore Prasad, the principal of K J Somaiya college of Engineering and Information Technology has made several attempts to impose a dress code on the students, which has always been opposed by the students. According to him, student waste most of their time dressing up and study goes for a toss.
The principal was later summoned by the University of Mumbai's Controller of Examinations for explaining the issue and reasons for disallowing students to take the exam due to the agitation by the students.
