Uniform History
The first uniform was checked tops with half centimetre white and brown check boxes and chocolate pants till 1983. In 1984 it was cream coloured shirt and chocolate pants. During 1985 it changed to a lighter shade of chocolate shirt and chocolate pants with black shoes. On Mondays the uniform was white tops, white pants and white shoes.
Since the start of the school the tie had been brown. In the 1980s, the tie design changed to half centimetre coloured stripes of cream and chocolate.
The girls wear shirt and skirt till VII standard and Salwar Kameez from VIII standard. For boys its half pant and shirt till VII standard and full pants from VIII standard. The school provides belts with the school logo and four coloured (blue, green, red and yellow) groupings or houses. Wearing them was mandatory till 1986. The school uniform, badge, tie, belt and shoes were mandatory and were inspected when the students were returning from prayer to classroom. The lady teachers wore a green saree on Mondays.
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