NSW schools: Calls for hats to be made compulsory in high school

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated March 14 2017 - 9:43am, first published February 11 2017 - 12:06pm
Students sit at St Oliver's Primary School in Harris Park where there is a compulsory hat policy. Photo: Steven Siewert
Students sit at St Oliver's Primary School in Harris Park where there is a compulsory hat policy. Photo: Steven Siewert
Students at St Oliver's Primary School in Harris Park. Photo: Steven Siewert
Students at St Oliver's Primary School in Harris Park. Photo: Steven Siewert

Students at Sydney high schools should be made to wear hats as part of their uniform, parents, principals and health experts say, warning the current regulations, which only "encourage" sun protection, do not go far enough.

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