Building Morals, CharacterKWASU bans students from mixing with opposite sex, visiting after 6pm, wearing slippers... Students of the Kwara State University have been banned from mixng with the opposite sex and wearing palm sandals on weekdays, as published in its new code of conduct and dressing.

Vice Chancellor Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Abdulrasheed Na’Allah.jpg
(Tribune)

Mixing with the opposite sex on or off the campus or simply wearing palm sandals on weekdays are punishable by expulsion according to a new code of conduct and dressing introduced at the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete.

In a noticed dated 19th of February, issued and signed by the institution’s Registrar, Surajudeen O. Oyebode, KWASU introduced a new dress code and banned gender mix between its students, off and on the campus.

Under the "Gender Mix" section, students are banned from living near each other, even in private accommodation outside the campus.

"Gender mix is forthwith prohibited in hostels on and off campus. There shall be zero tolerance for students of different genders co-habiting in the same room, hostel or compound," the announcement read.

Visiting at any time outside 4pm-6pm daily is also banned and students are not allowed to host visitors.

"Any student caught visiting another, or a group of students, after the stipulated hours, will be liable to severe punishment by the school authority.

"No student is allowed to live with students in their various hostels on and off campus."

The "Dress Code" section featured other strictures, banning "sexually suggestive or provocative dressing."

"This shall include dressing which may, wittingly or unwittingly, cause undue attraction/exposure to private members of the body e.g. cleavages, chests, thighs etc."

The notice prohibited distressed and patterned jeans, heavy jewelleries, body revealing clothing, untucked shirts, rolled sleeves, body piercings, and other "other forms of dressing that may be adjudged morally unacceptable or indecent."

Oyebode said the ruled were introduced "in order to engender sound moral values and promote strong character building which are the hallmarks of students of Kwara State University."

It will be recalled that, in February, he Lagos State University (LASU) management banned a wide range of fashion choices common amongst its students, including face caps, tattoos, earrings and hair extensions.