3 Things SC on menstrual hygiene, pushback at TISS, and an ex-army chief's book
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Feb 3, 2026 Pallavi Smart, a higher-education reporter on campus affairs, explains TISS Mumbai's shift from a student union to a decentralized students’ council and why students are pushing back. Vineet Bhalla, a legal and education reporter, breaks down the Supreme Court ruling that frames menstrual hygiene as a constitutional right and its practical orders for schools. They also touch on a Lok Sabha uproar over an unpublished memoir citation.
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Substantive Equality Requires Extra Support
- The court used substantive equality to argue identical treatment can worsen disadvantage for girls who miss school during menstruation.
- It called providing sanitary facilities a form of affirmative action to level the playing field.
Educate Men To Make Facilities Work
- Schools must sensitize male teachers and students so infrastructure doesn't remain ineffective due to stigma.
- Update curriculum to educate boys about menstruation and stop hushed whispers and harassment.
‘Free’ Education Includes Menstrual Costs
- The Right to Education's 'free' was expanded to remove financial barriers that prevent completing school.
- The court said sanitary napkin costs that cause dropout must be borne by the state to make education truly free.
