Uttar Pradesh: Class 11 student denied pad, waits an hour, sent home bleeding
2 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Class 11 student denied pad, waits an hour, sent home bleeding

Hindustan Times  

A 16-year-old student at a government school in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly was allegedly denied a sanitary pad by the principal after she got her period during an exam on Friday. The family has since filed a formal complaint with the district inspector of schools and forwarded it to various authorities, including the women and child welfare department and the state women’s commission, demanding action against the school, Times of India reported. Some social organisations and the govt are running awareness campaigns to educate students, and guidelines have been issued to ensure pads are available in all schools across the district,” TOI quoted DIOS Ajit Kumar as saying. By the time I was free, I learned she had already gone home.” In September 2024, the Uttar Pradesh government announced a new program to provide sanitary pads to girls in government schools.

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UP: Class 11 student 'punished' after requesting Sanitary Pad during exam, probe underway
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UP: Class 11 student 'punished' after requesting Sanitary Pad during exam, probe underway

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While there is a demand to provide free Sanitary Pads to female students in school, a bizarre incident is reported from Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly where a class 11 girl was allegedly punished for asking Sanitary napkin during the exam. MoE on Sanitary Pads during board exams Last year, ahead of board exams, the Union Ministry of Education issued an advisory …

UP Class 11 student asked to leave classroom after requesting sanitary pad
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2 months ago

UP Class 11 student asked to leave classroom after requesting sanitary pad

Deccan Chronicle  

Bareilly: A Class 11 student of a girls school was allegedly made to stand outside her classroom for an hour after she requested a sanitary pad during her examination, sparking outrage and prompting an official inquiry into the matter, officials said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday when the student who started her menstrual cycle, sought help from …

Assam: Student forced to wrap a curtain around her legs to 'cover up'
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Assam: Student forced to wrap a curtain around her legs to 'cover up'

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: In what has created anguish among the people, a 19-year-old student in Assam who wore shorts to an examination was allegedly humiliated and forced by invigilator to wrap a curtain around her legs to cover up before sitting for the exam. The student had travelled to Tezpur from her hometown Biswanath Chariali on Wednesday to appear in the entrance …

Assam teenager denied entry to sit for entrance exam for wearing shorts, made to give test wrapped in curtain
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Assam teenager denied entry to sit for entrance exam for wearing shorts, made to give test wrapped in curtain

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A 19-year-old student, in Assam’s Tezpur town, was not allowed to sit for an entrance exam as she was wearing shorts. The incident happened on 15 September when a teenager, named Jublee Tamuli, appeared for the entrance test of Jorhat’s Assam Agricultural University. The girl’s father said that the market was far off to get full pant on such short …

Punjab government school teachers strip girls to check for sanitary pads, Amarinder Singh orders inquiry
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Punjab government school teachers strip girls to check for sanitary pads, Amarinder Singh orders inquiry

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The teachers were trying to find out which of the girls was wearing a sanitary napkin, after one was found in the school toilet, officials said. Chandigarh: Some students at a government girls’ school in Punjab’s Fazilka district were allegedly stripped by teachers to check which one of them was wearing a sanitary pad, after one was found discarded in …

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