Thirty percent of high schools still maintain restrictions on students' hairstyles despite the Ministry of Education's announcement a year ago that such restrictions were to be lifted completely, according to tallies released yesterday by the ministry.
High schools have traditionally prohibited students from having long hair, with boys required to keep their hair no longer than 3cm from the scalp and girls no longer than 1cm below the earlobe. Students were also barred from perming or dyeing their hair, or using hair gel.
Ko Huei-chen (柯慧貞), an official of the ministry's Student Affairs Committee, said that before last year's announcement, just 48 junior high schools and 25 senior high schools had no hairdo restrictions.
However, more schools have lifted these restrictions over the past year, Ko said.
As of the end of June, 504 junior high schools and 350 senior high or vocational schools had lifted their restrictions, she said.
Of the 233 junior high schools that still maintain hairstyle restrictions, none punish students for violating them, she said.
Only five of the 128 senior high or vocational schools that still maintain restrictions punish students for violations, Ko said.
She said the ministry will continue to urge these schools to scrap their hairstyle restrictions and avoid punishing students over the issue.
The ministry hopes schools will heed students' opinions before setting any rules on dress or appearance in order to create a liberal school culture, she said.
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