It’s not every day that bras become the gatekeepers of academic progress, but somehow, Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) has managed to turn bra checks into exam hall prerequisites.
A video showing this curious checkpoint moment has gone viral, and it has got people asking, When did underwear become part of the exam timetable?
Olabisi Onabanjo University OOU allegedly enforces the new “No bra, No entry” policy as exams start yesterday🙆🏼♂️ pic.twitter.com/84LEPveGvZ
— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) June 17, 2025
According to some students, this is not exactly new, just part of OOU’s unofficial-but-somehow-official dress code enforcement.
While the intention may be to curb what the university sees as ‘indecent dressing’, checking students for bras feels a little… extra.
Like, surely, there are less awkward ways to uphold a dress code? It’s a university, not a secondary school, and definitely not a fashion police boot camp.
If the concern is genuinely about maintaining a respectful campus culture, then respectful methods should follow. Sensitisation campaigns, student forums, and dialogue, not ambushing young women before exams, would go much further in encouraging decency without embarrassment or intrusion.
Universities should be safe spaces for learning, not places where students worry about getting manhandled for wearing or not wearing certain clothing items.
So, dear OOU, let’s put the focus back where it belongs, on helping students pass their exams, not pass a bra check.
