Fewer toilets, unhygienic conditions make life hell for girls in govt schools
1 year, 9 months ago

Fewer toilets, unhygienic conditions make life hell for girls in govt schools

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Lack of basic facilities in government schools in the city is raising concerns over women’s education on the one hand while the students are averse to attending regular classes. For instance, the Government High School in Jubilee Hills, with 1,600 students, has six working washrooms for girls and seven for boys. A Class 9 student said, “I don’t go to school during periods as I had to bear severe pain due to infection. A senior staff member, requesting anonymity, said that there are only two cleaners and one toilet cleaner for 1600 students.

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Menstrual policy for schoolgirls approved, Centre tells Supreme Court
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Menstrual policy for schoolgirls approved, Centre tells Supreme Court

India Today  

The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court of framing the "Menstrual Hygiene Policy for School Going Girls" approved by the Union Health Ministry. The Centre previously informed the apex court that over 97.5 per cent schools in the country, including government, state-aided and private ones, provided separate toilets facilities for female students. The Centre pointed out that in West …

HM made us clean school toilets, say Scheduled Caste girls; probe on in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district
8 months ago

HM made us clean school toilets, say Scheduled Caste girls; probe on in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district

New Indian Express  

TIRUPPUR: In yet another instance of caste atrocity, two Scheduled Caste girl students, aged 11 and 12, were allegedly forced by the school headmistress to clean toilets of a government school in Dharapuram in Tiruppur district. The two girls are students of Class 6 at the government school at Karungalivalsu in Kolathupalayam in Dharapuram, said various sources. The incident came …

We avoid using the dirty washrooms, say girls in Telangana govt schools
1 year, 11 months ago

We avoid using the dirty washrooms, say girls in Telangana govt schools

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: ‘I am scared to use the washroom’, ‘I hold the urge to use the toilet until I reach home’, ‘I feel like puking as soon as I enter the washroom’, are the cries common among students, teachers and principals in government schools and junior colleges in the state. Holding the urge to use the washroom for several hours, drinking …

Bombay HC raps Maharashtra government over delay in framing policy on clean toilets in schools
2 years, 3 months ago

Bombay HC raps Maharashtra government over delay in framing policy on clean toilets in schools

India Today  

Bombay High Court on Monday slammed the Maharashtra government over the delay in framing a policy on clean and hygienic toilets in government schools. Based on a report, the court observed that the condition of toilets in schools across Maharashtra was very bad and still there was no policy regarding the issue. As per the court’s order in July this …

Bombay HC Slams Maha Govt Over Unclean School Toilets
2 years, 4 months ago

Bombay HC Slams Maha Govt Over Unclean School Toilets

News 18  

Does the executive think that the judiciary is a “little kid” who can be calmed down with a lollipop, the Bombay High Court exclaimed while pulling up the Maharashtra government for its failure to provide clean toilets in government schools. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik observed that the state government had not …

Shortage of water hurts adolescent girl students’ health at Govt institutions
2 years, 8 months ago

Shortage of water hurts adolescent girl students’ health at Govt institutions

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The acute shortage of water is seriously hurting the health of adolescent girl students at the government residential schools and colleges in the Adilabad district. Girl students say they are facing ‘health problems’ since they were unable to take regular bath. One inmate said many students were facing health problems like itching and the like since they were not …

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