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Parents Sound Off On School Hair Grooming Policy

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Can a haircut or hairstyle determine how you learn? It’s a debate that’s been heating up for weeks, as students headed back to classes earlier this month.

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5 months ago

September 24, 2025

Joshua Williams

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Can a haircut or hairstyle determine how you learn? It’s a debate that’s been heating up for weeks, as students headed back to classes earlier this month.

Nearly one month into the new school year, the issue of haircuts and grooming policies remains a hot-button topic.

At the center of the discussion: whether or not schoolboys should still be required to keep a low-cut hairstyle.

The Ministry of Education has made its position clear, insisting that no protocols have changed from the traditional schoolboy haircut.

But parents and residents remain divided.

Marcia Evans believes rules are necessary:

“I think there should be rules and regulations, so they should need haircuts. Everybody has rules and regulations, and wherever you go, you dress appropriately, hairstyle, clothes, shoes, everything.”

Sidney Ramsey echoed that sentiment, saying students must respect school guidelines.

“The student should have a standard haircut. Follow the law, that’s all it is. It ain’t nothing hard or simple. You can’t go to school any kind of way. If they have a law, follow the law.”

Others, however, feel the practice is outdated.

Osman Coile admitted he’s debated the issue with his son for years.

“When you go to school, people have a respect because you are a school child. As long as you carry yourself a certain way, people will look at you based on how you present yourself.”

And Jasmine says grooming should matter, but with allowances for religious or cultural reasons.

“Well-groomed is fine. Maybe wearing a scarf or how they wrap it, especially if it’s for religious purposes. But just walking around with hair all over the place, or those scarfy things the boys wear just for style, no, I don’t think that should be in the schools.”

As the debate continues, one thing is clear: the conversation over haircuts, culture, and classroom discipline isn’t going away anytime soon.