Yeah, Covenant University is in the news again, only that this time it’s not
about expelling any student unjustly but stopping their female
students from looking very beautiful and attractive, lol.
about expelling any student unjustly but stopping their female
students from looking very beautiful and attractive, lol.
According to
students of the school and the new Student Handbook(2013-2017 edition),
the new management of the university has outlawed the use of “makeup”
and “high heels” in the school.
It is understood that the female lecturers and management staff are
not to be affected by the rules, but female students are supposed to
eschew makeup in order to be able to receive a greater impartation of
‘grace’.
Male and female students are not allowed to
wear jeans, male students can’t wear any sort of jewelry.
See the new dress code below:
NEW Dress Code for FEMALE Students:
- Earrings and necklaces may be used by female students, provided they are not the bogus and dropping types.
- The wearing of more than one earring in each ear is strictly prohibited anywhere in the University.
- Wearing of ankle chains and rings on toes is prohibited in the University.
- Also, painting of nails, attaching artificial long nails are not allowed in and outside the University.
- The possession and wearing of jeans or any jeans-like materials of any kind are strictly prohibited in the University.
- Female students are expected to wear corporate shoes to lectures and University assemblies.
- Piercing of any part of the body, other than the ear (for earrings),
is strictly prohibited. Any piercing done before admission into the
University shall be declared during the first registration in the first
year. - Tattooing of any part of the body is prohibited. Any tattoo done
before admission into the university shall be declared during the first
registration in the first year.
Dress Code for Male Students
- No male student is allowed to wear scarves, braided hair, earrings and ankle chains in the University.
- Wearing of long-sleeved shirts, without buttoning the sleeves is not allowed
- The practice of pulling down one’s trousers to the hip line (Sagging) is prohibited.
- The possession and, or wearing of cordror, chinos, Jeans or
Jeans-like materials of any kind is strictly prohibited in the
University environment. - Tattooing on any part of the body is prohibited. Any tattoo done
before admission into the University shall be declared during the
registration in the first year. - Jewelry such as neck chains, hand chains, bracelets finger and toe rings, ankle chains are prohibited for male students
- Students are advised to avoid cutting worldly hair styles like
richo, all back, etc. All male students are also expected to be
clean-shaven, as keeping of beards is prohibited.
Here’s a link to the handbook – https://covenantuniversity.edu.ng/Media/Banner-Assemblies/Homepage/Notifications/Student-Handbook-2013-2017 …