After her high school at Lubiri Secondary school, Olivia Namutenzi flooded Kampala’s top boutiques to get her self many designer hot tight pants and short dresses, little did she know that Uganda Christian University where she was admitted had a strict dress code for its female students and like her, many students have an illusion that university life comes with lots of freedom and no rules to follow which ceases to be the case in reality
“I grew my hair in my form six vacation thinking that since I was joining campus, I had all the freedom to do all I wanted. I thought it was time to up my swagg only to be disappointed when I reached at my campus IUEA. They don’t allow us males to grow hair ” – Edwin Nkanji, now a second year student told the bee. It is such a norm at the International University Of East Africa, male students are prohibited from growing hair, wearing ornaments and plaiting hair, you may loose out on your place at this University if you dare do any of the fore mentioned.
Some universities limit or control the dress code of their students, point in case is the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), here female students ought to wear a hijab that covers all the body parts except the hands, face and feet.
“Our students must at all times wear a hijab while on campus (whether Muslim or not) and they should not be body tight hijabs to expose there body shape. They must cover up, not just wrap their bodies” – One of the rules states in IUIU booklets.
At the prestigious Makerere University, students will not be allowed to hang around in halls of residence where they don’t live after midnight. They are also prohibited from halls of opposite sex students beyond 08:30 pm
Various Universities like Makerere, MUBS, Kyambogo, Uganda Christian University (UCU) among others, have a strict law on pregnancy and opposite sex relationships, usage of drugs among there students, high heeled shoes among female students, examination rules et cetera.
Make it an effort to attend your University’s orientation for more specific rules that govern your new home for the next 3 or 4 years and this will help you not to land into trouble with the concerned authorities. Rules and regulations are such relevant.
At Campus bee we wish you a blessed start to university life, be ready to ride with us
