The Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh is going to take a very wonderful and revolutionary initiative regarding the health and hygiene of adolescent girls. Complete preparations have been made to implement 'Menstrual Health and Hygiene Policy' very soon in the state. The main objective of this new policy is to provide necessary facilities to adolescent girls during periods, to make them aware about hygiene and to remove all the old confusion and hesitation related to this subject in the society. Lakhs of girl students of the state are going to get direct and big benefits from this step of the government. Let us know three big and special things related to this new policy.
Girl students from class 6 to 12 will get free sanitary napkins
Under this proposed policy, concrete arrangements will be made to provide absolutely free sanitary napkins to the girl students studying from class 6 to 12 in all the government and aided schools of the state. The special thing is that under the scope of this scheme, not only school going girl students but also the adolescent girls who do not go to school or who have left their studies midway will be included. Apart from this, it has also been said to give special priority under this scheme to the adolescent girls belonging to the deprived section of the society, so that this essential facility can easily reach every girl.
Along with studies, you will get important information about health and hygiene
The government is not just stopping at distributing free napkins, but is also preparing to make the topics of health and hygiene related to menstruation a part of regular activities in schools. Through special awareness sessions, girl students will be given every important information related to safe menstrual management, personal hygiene and physical changes occurring during adolescence. Digital and social media platforms will also be used on a large scale to completely eliminate the false myths and hesitations present on this topic in the society.
Preparation to bring different schemes under a common policy
In order to further improve the facilities related to menstrual health at the ground level, there was an in-depth discussion in a recent state level committee meeting about coordination and coordination between various departments. It is the effort of the government to organize the old schemes and initiatives run by different departments under a single common policy, so that all the facilities can reach the adolescent girls in an effective manner without any hindrance. After the implementation of this policy, its scope will not be limited to just providing free napkins, but the overall health, hygiene and awareness of the girl child will be its most important parts.