Girls wear the pants

GIRLS in Queensland schools will be able to wear shorts instead of skirts, with the announcement that the State Government is about to bring the state’s school uniform policy into the modern age.

Education Minister Grace Grace said yesterday she would change the uniform policy to formally allow girls who attend state schools to wear shorts and pants.

Skirts would still be a uniform option for girls.

“In today’s day and age, there should be no reason why shorts and pants aren’t made part of the school formal uniform,” Ms Grace told ABC radio yesterday.