Surean School Uniform

Surea introduced school uniforms in the late 19th century. Today, school uniforms are almost universal in the public and private school systems. The Surean word for uniform is kōfuku (校服).

Primary School
School uniforms are compulsory to students since primary school. For primary school levels, boys wear white shirts, short pants, and caps. Young boys often dress more formally in their class pictures than they do other days of the school year. The sailor outfit is used for girls. The uniform codes may vary by season to work with the environment and occasion. It's common for both boys and girls wear brightly colored caps to prevent traffic accidents. Also, it is normal for uniforms to be worn outside of school areas.

Middle and High School
The Surean middle- and high-school uniform traditionally consists of a military style uniform for boys and a sailor outfit for girls. These uniforms are based on the late Ki Dynasty era formal military dress, themselves modeled on European-style naval uniforms. While this style of uniform is still in use, most schools have moved into more Western-pattern parochial school uniform styles. These uniforms consist of a white shirt, necktie, blazer with school crest, and tailored trousers (often the same color as the blazer) for boys and a white blouse, bowtie, blazer with school crest, and tartan skirt for girls.

The difference in colours of the ties indicate the students' school year:
 * Yellow = 7th Grade
 * Green = 8th Grade
 * Blue  = 9th Grade
 * Purple = 10th Grade
 * Brown = 11th Grade
 * Red   = 12th Grade

Variety of uniforms
Regardless of what type of uniform any particular school assigns its students, all schools have a summer version of the uniform (usually consisting of just a white dress shirt and the uniform slacks for boys and a reduced-weight traditional uniform or blouse and tartan skirt with tie for girls) and a sports-activity uniform (a polyester track suit for year-round use and a t-shirt and short pants for summer activities). Depending on the discipline level of any particular school, students may often wear different seasonal and activity uniforms within the same classroom during the day. Individual students may attempt to subvert the system of uniforms by wearing their uniforms incorrectly or by adding prohibited elements such as large loose socks or badges. Girls may shorten their skirts; boys may wear trousers about the hips, omit ties, or keep their shirts unbuttoned.

Since some schools do not have sex-segregated changing- or locker-rooms, students may change for sporting activities in their classrooms. As a result, such students may wear their sports uniforms under their classroom uniforms. Certain schools also regulate student hairstyles, footwear, and book bags; but these particular rules are usually adhered to only on special occasions, such as semester opening and closing ceremonies and school photo days.