Romanian Social Democrats back bill to introduce mandatory uniforms in schools

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Defending the bill, PSD senator Daniel Zamfir said school should not be about fashion or the bullying of those who cannot afford an outfit. By comparison, uniforms represent pride and belonging, and are not constraints. "School should be about what the student can do, about their value at school, not about the parents' financial means," Daniel Zamfir said, as cited by News.ro.

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• "The decision on what the type of uniform should look like will be left to the educational institutions, in collaboration with the parents, students and the teachers' council.
• It will not be an identical uniform for all educational institutions," Zamfir stressed.
• The senator took the opportunity to attack political opponents in the reformist, center-right Save Romania Union party, or USR, who opposed the bill.
• During an evening session of the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, September 15, the bill regarding mandatory uniforms was adopted.

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