Free sanitary napkins for school girls from next year: Susil

Arrangements have been made to provide sanitary napkins to girls in schools from next year, Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha informed Parliament today.

The Minister said the programme would be a corporate social responsibility (CSR) project. 

“Sanitary napkins will be given to 300,000 girls as a pilot project. Around one million girl children will be given sanitary napkins later,” the Minister said.