Claim’s script
Point 1 - Thank you, Mr. Moderator.
Now let us focus on my first point of the day which is School uniform design and policy can
pose a barrier to incidental exercise, particularly for girls.
As we all know that, primary school students spend most of their time at school they go to
school at 7am and go back at 6pm . During the gap kids are active to do as much activity as
they can because kids are more active at school. Because they have their friends with them .
- Health impacts can be divided into physical and psycho-social effects, though there is a
significant overlap between these two. Physical impacts of school uniform relate to how
uniforms facilitate physical activity during the day, whether uniform garments protect the
wearer against known environmental hazards, whether the garments promote health and
safety, and whether the garments are comfortable to wear.Based on studies made by Norrish
et al.’s [48] study on the effect of uniform on incidental physical activity among ten-year-olds
found that school uniform design could limit physical activity it was measured by student selfreport and pedometers. Correcting for choice of activity such as ballgames, skipping vs
imaginary play, verbal games, girls did significantly more activity during breaks on sports
uniform days. Physical health can be protected against known environmental health hazards
by uniform garment design and policy implementation. However, school uniform policy (at
national or school level) does not routinely address these hazards.Government needs to play
their role in establishing this new school uniform policy to make sure kids at school is safe.
Point 2 - Next, we move on to my second point for today’s forum which is School uniform
does not provide equality among students. Data show that uniforms are not intrinsically
equitable. The cost of uniforms can affect students’ rights to access education. In addition to
inequity of physical activity by gender and barriers for minority groups, the cost of uniform
garments themselves is a determinant of access to education, and clearly unequally felt across
society.
- Using Mongolia as an example, a study by Sabicel Rayess et al, [83] note that in countries
where the very poor cannot afford uniforms, they do not attend school. Why do we want that
to happen at the poorer people . Education is for everyone and it should be free for
everyone.
- Likewise, a study by Simmons-Zuilkowski [105] found that in South Africa enrollment rates
among the very poor are lower because of cost of uniforms. However, as in low-income
countries, uniform creates an unequal cost burden across the population.
- In Kenya, Mutengi [106] found a statistically significant link between uniform cost and
education access, and Green et al. [107], Sitieni and Pillay [108] and Cho et al. [109]
describe free uniform as part of support and incentive packages for at-risk children to attend
school. This are the ways to provide education for the poorer and change the stigma of we
dont need uniforms to get education.
Point 3 - thank you mr moderator, Moving on to my last point for this forum. I am still against
our forum as school does not require school uniform. Because it is a children’s right and
minors as a vulnerable group . As we know The rights of children sit alongside other
rights. These rights protect children because the wider socio-political climate identifies
children and minors as a vulnerable class of people who need protection.
- Through an institution limiting clothing choice or requiring certain clothing, Bodine [89]
argues that uniform protects childhood by protecting children from sending messages with
their clothing choices that they do not fully understand. However, exactly what is protected
is unclear.
- , Brunsma and Rockquemore [136] argue that even if uniforms do not harm, and young
children cannot yet exercise their rights, there is no justification for imposing uniforms in
an educational context, especially if uniforms do not improve educational goals.
-Overall, while human rights are universal, the way they are expressed in particular cultural
contexts varies, driven by sociopolitical forces. It appears that the idea that uniform is
inherently equitable is flawed. It does not level social class, and is not blind to religion,
gender, and socio-economic status. It does not necessarily consider cultural and individual
identity or diversity. That is all from me
Counter script
Sorry but I must disagree with you Dinie as I believed that clothing can be distracted but it is
not enough to the point that it will affect others. We have control over ourselves. Being sent
home for the way you dress is essentially indicating that you are not permitted to attend school
because you are dressed in a certain manner. They'd rather expel you than educate you in a
proper way . It's a complete waste of time. I believe you should treat dress regulations the
same way they are treated in other parts of society.
Furthermore, according to Brunsma and Rockquemore’s (2003) it is a response to Bodine’s
assessment of their administrative data review in the late 1990’s reiterated that no
overwhelming link exists between uniform wearing and academic outcomes. Next, Later
studies by Yeung, Creasy and Corby noted multiple factors for academic achievement but
not uniform. Therefore, we can conclude that school uniform didn’t play a big role in achieving
good grades in study. In a latest study in 2017 that study shows that uniform was not listed
among the 252 effects on educational outcomes. That is a lot and I wonder why uniform was
not listed at all