In order to ensure a safe and positive learning environment for students, it is essential that all educational institutions establish rules that all enrolled students must follow while at school.
Although in some schools the regulations are stricter than in others, one of the golden rules is not to bring cell phones and valuables to these institutions, since, in case they are lost, the school is not responsible.
However, a director has an additional reason to prohibit technological objects, since she considers that cell phones are the cause of love affairs and courtships between students, for which reason she caused controversy in networks by announcing a series of prohibitions that students must take into account during the new school year.
This is Olga Narváez, the teacher and director of the Misael Pastrana Borrero school, located in the municipality of Rivera, Huila, in Colombia, who took advantage of a general meeting of parents to announce the strict measures that both parents and students must abide by this year, among which the use of cell phones, dyeing their hair and courtship between students stood out.
“If you don’t like it, find another school!” They prohibit cell phones, piercings, dyed or long hair and courtships in the Misael Pastrana de Rivera school, Huila; Rector Olga Narváez announcement.
-What do you think? pic.twitter.com/vX3J01Lj4F— Melquisedec Torres (@Melquisedec70) February 1, 2023
The loss of the year, the meeting of love affairs, courtship is totally prohibited. Bring any type of technological equipment, no cell phone. Students with caps (caps), with sweaters of all colors, with long hair or of all colors or with piercings or fine jewelry are not accepted.
– Olga Narváez, director of the Misael Pastrana Borrero campus
After assuring that the aforementioned prohibitions are stipulated in the school’s coexistence and regulations manual, the director said that the institution was not responsible for students who broke the rules, so she commented that parents who did not agree with their rules were free to change their school children.
The strict requests imposed by the school did not take long to attract the attention of multiple parents on social networks, who did not take long to show their disagreement with the institution. While on Twitter the majority of users support the initiative with comments such as the following:
‘Well, it is very sad for the students of the school and the disadvantage they will have compared to the rest’; ‘Totally agree, the rules of a private institution must be respected and complied with, and if you don’t like it, look for another school and that’s it’.