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WASH-IN-SCHOOL (with picture)
Ensure hygienic sanitation for schoolgirls: experts
RANGPUR, Jan 24, 2019 (BSS) – Experts at a rally have stressed ensuring
hygienic sanitation facilities for teenage schoolgirls at secondary level
educational institutions aiming to attain the sustainable development goals
(SDGs).
The authorities of secondary level schools, madrashas and other
institutions should take the responsibility to implement the ‘Wash in School’
programme properly to ensure menstrual hygiene management for teenage female
students.
Mohideb Jubo Samaj Kallyan Sangstha arranged the mothers’ rally on
Chilapak High School ground in Taraganj upazila on Wednesday afternoon under
the ‘Wash in School’ project, funded by WaterAid Bangladesh.
Mothers of the students, members of school managing committees and
Parents’-Teachers’ Assemblies, upazila level government officials, teachers
and civil society members attended the rally.
Taraganj Upazila Secondary Education Officer Shahnaz Begum and Taraganj
Upazila Family Planning Officer Hosne Ara, among others, spoke at the rally
with Project Manager of the Wash in School project Shafikul Alam in the
chair.
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