Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, during an Education Department’s Outreach programme, officially launched ‘Bahini Scheme’ by handing over sanitary pads to students. The scheme seeks to give girls in the state who are enrolled in secondary and senior secondary schools complete access to free and safe sanitary pads.
Bahini Scheme Launched To Provide Free Sanitary Pad To Girls
The Bahini programme will install vending machines in 210 secondary and senior secondary government schools throughout the state. The Chief Minister said that the programme would be expanded by installing vending machines in institutions.
Further, he presented a number of additional significant projects throughout the Education Department’s Outreach programme. CM Tamang honoured the generosity of the sixty-six landowners who contributed their property for the development of government schools by appointing them to new jobs.
Reportedly, awareness-raising workshops on menstruation health, hygiene, and proper sanitary pad disposal will be held in these schools. The State government and CSR contributions would each contribute a portion of the funds needed for the programme.
