Effects of School Uniform on Student’s Achievement, Behaviour, and Attendance in Government School of Odisha: A Case Study of Sundergarh District

Abstract

Mandatory public school uniform practice has been the primary focus in the recent educational policy of both developed and developing countries. Proponents of such reform emphasize the advantage and disadvantage of student uniforms on specific behavioural and academic outcomes. School uniforms are supposed to help stop issues of cliques, prevent gangs from forming and help students concentrate on their studies. Enabling a dress code helps to boost the students’ etiquette and marks. Numerous school districts have embraced school uniforms as an innovative step to add on to safety and reduce aberration in the schools. The consequence of school uniforms allowed added security, a reduction in peer pressure, and an overall decline of diversion. Students should be ignorant of the social evils like money and class system, and this is what school uniforms focus on. This research thesis examined the impact of school uniform on student behaviour, investigated the effect of school uniform on student attendance, and to examine the effect of school uniform on student’s achievement and attendance. This study attempts to examine the Effects of School Uniform on Student’s Achievement, Behaviour, and Attendance in Government School of Odisha: A Case Study of Sundargarh District”. This study focuses on the functioning of the school children after wearing school uniform.