panaji around three years ago teachers came with an unexpected request to sr antonieta colaco principal of our lady of rosary school dona paula the teachers too wanted an uniform prescribed for them like their students we took a long time to do our research it took us a year before we could finally take a decision after adopting an uniform for our teachers we reviewed the decision after two years and the teachers seemed very happy they said they spent less time and money on choosing the right clothes to wear to school said colacoour lady of rosary is not the only school many institutions are adopting an uniform their teaching and nonteaching staff as they feel among other things it ensures better disciplinedr k b hedgewar high school cujira switched to an uniform for teachers during the current academic year and like the our lady of rosary school teachers right from the preprimary to the higher secondary level have to wear an uniform both schools left it to the teachers to decide what is the right colour and pattern of the uniform for themthe decision was taken after taking the teachers into confidence now with everyone wearing the same uniform even me the principal there is no question of i am senior and you are junior it has brought everyone on the same level having an uniform also helps for security reasons as a teacher is easily identifiable from others that may enter on campus said headmaster of dr k b hedgewar high school vilas satarkarshree ganesh high school in ganeshpuri mapusa is another school which has shifted to an uniformif you impose a dress code on teachers then some may grumble but now with an uniform being in place that question does not arise we are affiliated to the vidya bharati schools and since all vidya bharati chain of schools have an uniform we also decided to adopt it it was a joint decision taken with the teachers said rupesh sawant of shree ganesh high schoolcolaco said that the idea of adopting an uniform for staffers has worked so well that many institutes like don bosco high school are also planning to shift to uniforms for teachersmerlyn menezes gama senior teacher at our lady of rosary high school said it saves you a lot of time on what to wear in the morning it is easy on the pocket it was a conscious decision among teachers we heard of certain offices that had a dress code and we thought why not the hurdle was to chose a outfit to suit everyone so now it is either trousers and a kurti or salwar kameez in the chosen colours