School uniform

form”.
So a school uniform means that every child in

the school wears the same clothes.
In some countries school uniform is normal and most schools have one. In other countries, particularly in continental Europe, the USA and Canada, uniform is worn mostly in private schools.

It means that you belong to that

particular school.
You don’t have to worry about what to wear on a school day.
The clothes are usually practical and comfortable to wear.
Uniforms can be handed down to other children in the family.
With a uniform you don't need many casual clothes. It reduces
class differences because everyone has to wear the same.
Uniform is usually cheaper than everyday dress.
Wearing a uniform helps to prepare students for the world of
work, where uniforms are often worn.
Schools with uniforms have better educational results.
This is because there is better discipline.

Good things about school uniform

or pleasant to wear.
Designs are

often old-fashioned and ugly.
Forcing children to wear uniform can ignore their religious and
cultural needs.
Wearing a school uniform is not good preparation for working.
Only a few jobs require uniforms, and many of these are
low-paid service jobs.
Skirts or formal trousers are not good for doing sport or running
around at lunchtime or breaks.
Some uniforms are a bit too casual and can look not very neat.
They can be very expensive.
You can get fed up of wearing the same old, same old every day.
You get into trouble if you don't wear uniform.

in Britain
Pupils at most secondary schools in Britain have to

wear a school uniform. This usually means a white blouse for girls with a dark-coloured skirt and pullover.

trousers and dark-coloured pullovers or blazers.

badge on the pocket. They often have to wear some

kind of hat on the way to and from school – caps for boys and berets for girls.
Shoes are usually black or brown. And no high heels.

1990s state schools in the USA began to introduce uniforms

due to the claims that wearing uniform leads to better discipline and educational results.
Both the Clinton and Bush administrations have been in favour of school uniforms.

wear skirts, others allow girls the choice of skirts or

culottes and trousers.

a sweater or blazer and sometimes trousers of a given

colour.

shirt, tie, and trousers of required colours, although polo shirts

are also permitted.

At At many schools, students wear

lighter uniform clothing during the hotter months of the school year. However, at some schools students have to wear long sleeved shirts, ties, wool sweaters, blazers, wool skirts or jumpers, and knee socks or tights in any season and weather.

were re-introduced in 1948.
Wearing uniform was made obligatory and

pupils were punished for not following the rules.

and since that time was modified each decade.
Boys generally

wore dark blue trousers and jackets,
girls — brown dresses with black aprons and black bows
(on special occasions, white aprons and bows were worn).

neckties and badges. Badges were also worn by October children

and Komsomol members.

no unified standard uniform in Russia, however, many gymnasiums and

lyceums, especially prestigious ones, as well as certain schools may have their own uniform that students are required to wear. Educational institutions without a uniform may also have a certain dress-code.

brown Soviet-style school uniform for their graduation ceremony.

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