Once every two months, the officials will distribute napkins to girl students studying in over 10,000 schools and colleges across Andhra Pradesh.
Amaravati: In a welcome initiative, the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government will provide free sanitary napkins to adolescent girls studying in government educational institutions. The Chief Minister will be launching the "Swechha" (freedom) programme at his camp office on Tuesday (October 5, 2021).
According to officials, the state government is introducing the programme keeping in view the health and hygiene of women and adolescent girls. Under this initiative, ten sanitary napkins will be given every month to about 10 lakh adolescent girls studying between the 7th to 12th standard in all government schools and intermediate colleges across the state.
This initiative is also intended to reduce the absenteeism of girl students during menstruation and prioritise their hygiene and health.
Once every two months, the officials will distribute napkins to girl students studying in over 10,000 schools and colleges across the state.
In addition, the government, in partnership with UNICEF, WASH and P&G, will also be conducting special awareness classes on menstruation and the importance of health and hygiene.
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