Changing our school uniforms

Changing our school uniforms

From Rakyat Merdeka

Street brawls involving students from different schools have
taken place at a greater intensity in this reform era. The brawls
have now involved community members. Some of the community
members are fed up with these brawls.

School teachers have indeed tried to improve the discipline of
their students during school hours, but unfortunately more
undesirable things have happened outside school hours. Students
wearing the national uniforms (red-and-white for elementary
schools, blue-and-white for junior high schools and gray-and-
white senior high schools) are strangely proud and feel protected
when they are involved in street brawls wearing their school
uniforms. As the uniforms are the same, if a number of schools
are involved in a brawl, it is difficult to identify which
students come from which school.

Therefore allow me to propose to the relevant officials the
following:
* School uniforms need not be the same nationwide. Let every
school determine their own uniform, particularly with respect to
colors and motifs. This may lead students from different schools
to avoid involvement in street brawls. Besides, it will be easily
seen which schools are more often involved in such brawls so that
the school management may find it easy to identify their
students.
* It is not necessary for every student to own a Pramuka
(boy scout) uniform. Only Pramuka members must have it and this
will be put on only during exercises. This will prevent the image
of Pramuka from being tarnished.

Zulian Halimi

Serpong Tangerang