Last year, the Kerala Higher Education Department announced menstrual permission for women studying successful each authorities universities nether the Department of Higher Education. (Express File)
The Kerala authorities announced connected Thursday a determination to assistance 2 days of menstrual permission each period to women students successful Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).
The determination was announced by authorities General Education Minister V Sivankutty, recognising the physically demanding quality of galore skill-training programmes successful which women person progressively excelled, adjacent successful traditionally labour-intensive trades.
“In today’s era, women are progressive successful each field, including immoderate of the astir physically demanding skill-training trades. Taking these factors into account, the government has decided to assistance 2 days of menstrual permission each month for pistillate trainees (students) successful ITIs,” helium said successful a connection successful Thiruvananthapuram.
Women students studying successful implicit 100 ITIs successful Kerala volition payment from this, officials said.
The nonstop fig of students who volition payment is being ascertained, they added.
Last year, the Kerala Higher Education Department announced menstrual permission for women studying successful each authorities universities nether the Department of Higher Education.
All Saturdays holidays for ITI students
Meanwhile, connected Thursday, the Kerala authorities decided to marque each Saturdays holidays for ITI students.
“To compensate for the mislaid grooming time, ITI shifts volition beryllium rescheduled. The archetypal displacement volition beryllium from 7.30 americium to 3.00 pm, and the 2nd displacement from 10.00 americium to 5.30 pm,” it said.
While Saturdays volition beryllium holidays for trainees, those who privation to tin usage these days for shop-floor training, short-term grooming courses, and different extracurricular activities, the authorities added.