new Delhi. The girl students studying in government schools of Delhi government are not getting sanitary pads from January 2021. Earlier, sanitary pads were made available in government schools even in the Corona time of the year 2020. Now in this regard, the All India Parents Association has demanded from the Delhi Government that keeping in mind the health of girl students, sanitary pads should be provided in schools immediately.
Ashok Aggarwal, an educationist working for the school education of poor children and president of All India Parents Association, said that even after the entire year of 2021 and the third month of this year has passed, sanitary napkins have not been given to the students. This facility is very useful and necessary for the girls studying in government schools. Challenges related to personal hygiene and health continue to be an unfortunate part of the lives of these girls, so it is imperative for them to get sanitary pads in schools. It affects the attendance and studies of the girl child in the schools. These girls should get it at any cost.
On behalf of the Ashok Agarwal Parents Association, contacting the Chief Minister of Delhi, Education Minister and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in this regard has drawn their attention towards this. All India Parents Association said to the Delhi Government that in this regard, we request you to immediately ensure the availability of sanitary pads to the girl students studying in government schools of Delhi. Agarwal has said in a letter to the Chief Minister that as the President of AIPA, I and our organization will be grateful to you on behalf of these lakhs of girls.
The teachers themselves, who teach in government schools of Delhi, also say that along with the girl students studying in the school, their parents, especially the mothers of these girl students, are also worried about the sanitary pads. The mother of the girl students also came to the school several times to inquire about it, but there is no information about the delivery of napkins. Many schools say that higher authorities have been informed in this regard.
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has also been informed in this regard, after which ‘Keeping in view the growing concern about the availability of sanitary napkins, the Home Secretary, Government of India has made sanitary pads an essential requirement to the Chief Secretaries of all the states. An explanation was issued regarding the object being.
Schools also say that soon the distribution of sanitary napkins can be started again by the government, in fact the distribution of sanitary pads has been interrupted due to the closure of schools in the lockdown. This has increased the problems of most of the girl students coming from low income group families.
A student of a government school in Delhi says that now schools are being opened completely and despite opening the school, in the name of cleanliness, attention is being paid only to masks and sanitizers. However, with the same seriousness, action should be taken on the availability of sanitary napkins.
When the schools were opened before the same Corona, sanitary napkins were being provided in this way to the girl students regularly in the schools of Delhi. Not only this, a special policy was also prepared for the safe disposal of sanitary napkins. Under this, 1102 sanitary napkin incinerator machines were to be installed in 352 schools of government and municipal corporations of Delhi. This machine was to be installed in the bathrooms of the schools. With the help of these machines, used napkins can be disposed of safely.
—AnyTV News
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