Students Allege That Teachers Forcibly Removed Their Makeup in Front of the Entire Class

Dress codes are a hot button issue, and many people fall on opposite sides of what should and shouldn't be allowed to be worn in school hallways. But when it comes to the way one high school's teachers chose to enforce their rule banning makeup, most ​people agree that they went about it in the totally ​wrong​ way.

An investigation has been launched by the Australian board of education at Cairns State High School​ in Cairns, Australia after two teachers humiliated a group of girls by forcibly removing their makeup in front of their classmates.

The teachers being investigated, one male and one female, allegedly lined up the group of Year 9 students (8th graders in the U.S.) and physically removed their makeup for them according to a report by The Cairns Post. Students alleged that the teachers used their fingers to scrape the makeup off, which reportedly included mascara and foundation.

Although the wearing of makeup is strictly forbidden at Cairns State high school, parents are still outraged over the way their children wearing makeup was handled, and understandably so.

"Surely a more private setting would have been more appropriate, and I'm not sure the teachers have to be so 'hands on', touching the students' faces like this,'' said one parent.​

​Cairns State High School's principal Angela Toppin has not yet responded to the controversy, but the Department of Education has confirmed that the situation is being investigated fully.

Even though the girls in question were breaking the school's rules, there are better ways to enforce them. Hopefully the investigation into this unfortunate situation will lead to Cairns High School figuring out a more appropriate way of handling dress code issues to eliminate inappropriate and humiliating situations like this one happening in the future.