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Three Class X students of Modern High School are using their pocket money to help poor children maintain hygiene during the ongoing pandemic.
Besties Adya Nathany, Vashita Rungta and Akshita Poddar have used their time at home for the past year to spread awareness on menstrual hygiene on social media. This year, they took their cause a few notches higher by distributing hygiene kits to children for whom frequent sanitising and social distancing are a luxury.
“We first decided to spread awareness about Covid-19 and the necessity of hygiene to these students,” said Adya who, along with her friends, is spreading awareness through online sessions among the NGO kids and those studying in government-aided schools.From spreading knowledge and starting a dialogue to distributing the hand-made hygiene kits the students have come a long way. They have named their initiative Sahyog and its long-term goal is to fight “period poverty”.
Hundreds of students who have secured admission to foreign universities could lose a year or a term if the Centre insists on holding the Class XII examinations after the Covid situation improves, their parents and teachers complained.
One such parent wrote an open letter and posted on social media that her son has secured admission in a university and may end up losing his seat if he does not have a Class XII pass certificate by August 1.
The parent asked why a student should be assessed on one three-hour written examination. “What purpose does sitting for the examination, exposing themselves to infection serve for them? Why should their careers be put on hold or jeopardised altogether,” the mother wrote.