00:01For some Ghanaians, dreadlocks are more than a hairstyle.
00:05They can be a part of a person's culture or religion.
00:08So why are they still controversial?
00:10It is the abuse of it.
00:12When you open the space, the abuse of it,
00:15that is a major reason why we really talk about
00:19students not wearing dreadlocks.
00:22It's how the abuse of it.
00:24The society in a way associates
00:28radicalism and the rest with those kind of raster hair.
00:32That's where the debate gets interesting.
00:35Should a student's hairstyle have anything to do with the ability to learn?
00:39Does wearing dreadlocks affect academic performance?
00:42I've not found any studies that directly links
00:46wearing of, in the context in which we are speaking,
00:49dreadlocks to academic performance.
00:52There's no research that shows anything like that.
00:54But of course, if you wear a long hair, a dreadlocks,
00:59for you to keep it well, you will have to invest time and resources into it.
01:03Unlike the low haircut where a student will just wake up,
01:08their colleagues may even help them in cutting their hair.
01:11With the dreadlocks, you need to give it a special attention.
01:15If a student's hairstyle does not affect academic performance,
01:18why is the education system bent on policing hairstyles?
01:24So for someone to say,
01:25she will never match one.
01:25I'm sure she's doing that.
01:25you know,
01:25for you to come to the point,
01:25she will be the same place.
01:25So this woman is the same place.
01:25She can't even show.
01:25She can't even show your attention.
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