UNCIEF lauds MP CM ‘Sanitation and Hygiene Scheme’
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UNICEF praises MP CM Mohan Yadav for Sanitation and Hygiene Scheme
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New Delhi, August 18: The UNICEF India has praised Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s efforts to improve the health of adolescent girls in the state. The UNICEF commended the Chief Minister’s Sanitation and Hygiene Scheme.
The UNICEF said in a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that the Chief Minister’s Sanitation and Hygiene Scheme is “a unique initiative aimed at enhancing the well-being of adolescent girls”.
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Yadav on August 11 during the Samvad and Samman program for girl students held in Bhopal transferred ₹57.18 crore to accounts of 19 lakh girl students under the Sanitation and Hygiene Scheme of the Samagra Shiksha program.
“Under the Sanitation and Hygiene Scheme, funds have been allocated for providing sanitary napkins to girl students in classes 7 to 12. The scheme also educates students in schools and colleges about the importance of cleanliness and personal hygiene,” said a senior official of Madhya Pradesh.
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The scheme is implemented as part of the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan of the School Education Department. “₹57.18 crores was transferred into the accounts of 19 lac school-going girls in Madhya Pradesh as part of the cash transfers scheme. UNICEF India is working with the Government of India and stakeholders to promote school hygiene and menstrual health awareness,” the UNICEF stated in its post on X.
The Samagra Shiksha program’s sanitation and hygiene scheme includes activities like building and maintaining toilets, hand washing, and providing sanitary napkins to girls students in schools.
The Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative of the scheme began by building toilets and then moved on to maintaining them. “Every school in India should have separate toilets for boys and girls, as well as adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene management,” states UNICEF India.
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The Samagra Shiksha program was launched in 2018 by merging the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), and Teacher Education (TE) schemes. The scheme aims for providing quality education, improving student learning outcomes, and ensuring equity and inclusion in schools.
It also aims to promote activities like providing sufficient group handwashing facilities so that 10–12 students can wash their hands at once. The program provides funds for sanitary napkins to girls in grades 7–12. It also provides information to girls in schools and colleges about the importance of cleanliness and best hygiene practice.
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