Private Schools In Kerala To Hire Transgenders As Staff & Give Paid Period Leaves To Teachers

After much deliberation, a federation for private schools in Kerala has decided to facilitate paid menstruation leave on the first day of the period to all female teachers.?

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Over 1,000 unaided schools in Kerala that fall under?All Kerala Self Financing School Federation have come to an agreement and announced that the entire female staff, close to 50,000 in number will get paid leave of an additional 12 days every year.?

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"These are biological needs and it's a matter of one day a month. Any teacher can cover up with a substitute," said Mallika Venukumar, Principal of Navjyothy school told NDTV.?

Culture Machine and?Gozoop were the first two Indian organizations to offer paid menstruation leave to their women employees. The move was quickly followed by a?Malayalam media organisation Mathrubhumi, Kerala's first media organization to offer the same.?

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The federation is also planning to appoint qualified transgenders as teaching and non-teaching staff in schools.