UPSA enforces ‘decent’ dress code on campus, unkempt hair, shorts, anklets, nose rings etc not permitted for lectures

Following an upsurge in indecent dressing on campus, the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has initiated a move to enforce its code on dressing by students on campus.

The new move, which came into force on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, has generated a public discussion online following an incident on Wednesday, where a student was seen being dragged by a male, said to be a member of the task force enforcing the code on dressing on campus.

Some students have explained to Graphic Online that, the incident recorded on video has nothing to do with the dressing of the female student but it was as a result of an exchange of words.

Graphic Online understands that the management of the UPSA last week announced to students that it was going to enforce the dress code following an upsurge in indecency on campus.

In a memo dated June 30, 2025, from the Office of the Dean of Students on dress code of students for lectures it was explained that the UPSA management was concerned about the indecent dressing of students on campus, especially during lectures.