School uniforms in Malaysia

[1] Overview [2] [3] [4] Long Navy Blue Skirt The Prefects uniform is on the school's own instructions.

For Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP) andSekolah Menengah Teknik and Kolej Vokasional, it may be slightly different from the dress code above.

In order to prevent excessive hairdressing, the colour and type of hair accessories that can be used is also restricted.

Violation of hair regulations are often punished with a caning but some schools alternatively enforce an in-school haircut.

Students who fail to comply may be warned, given demerit points, publicly punished, sent home from school, or caned.

Most of them start wearing a white tudung (Malaysian version of the Muslim headscarf or hijab) upon entering secondary school, for religious and modesty reasons.

In recent times it has become more common for Muslim boys to wear long trousers, especially at secondary level.

Chinese or Indian boys still wear short trousers at primary level and in the first couple of years of secondary at some schools.

Muslim boys may wear Baju Melayu at school on Fridays, often with a songkok hat, so as to be dressed for lunchtime prayers at the mosque.

Many schools and their co-curricular uniformed societies require male students to wear a plain white singlet (tank top undershirt) beneath their shirts for general decency.