(ECNS) -- A new standard on student appearance by a vocational school in Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province has sparked heated debate on the Internet for being too specific and too strict.
The Second Secondary Vocational School in Hangzhou's Xiaoshan District released the new standards on Oct. 17, requiring that students should be neatly dressed, banning hair perms and dyeing, makeup and jewelry.
Some of the rules are extremely specific, requiring staff to "check whether a student wears lipstick, lip gloss or anything that could change the original color of lips, check whether a student perms or dyes his/her hair, and if the suspected violator claims his/her hair is naturally wavy, some factual evidence should be presented."
The new standards have become a hot topic since posted on the Internet by a student. Some in the online community called it "the strictest inspection standard in history" and argued that the school should be open to diversity in individual character, while others said they support the rules.
Lu Jinbao, vice-principle of the vocational school, confirmed the authenticity of the rules. He explained that there are more than 2,600 students, more than half of them girls, and the school values moral education and advocates strict management of student behavior.
