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Though the Government’s direction was to allow a maternity leave of two months, it was decided to allow a maternity leave of four more months considering the postnatal health care of the mother and the infant.
Girl students can now appear for their semester exams with 73 per cent attendance as against the 75 per cent mandated under the University Rules till now.
Presently, maternity leave as per the UGC provisions is allowed only to M Phil and PhD students.
The decision has been taken keeping in view the potential emotional trauma caused due to stillbirth or death of a child soon after birth, which has a far-reaching impact on the mother's life.
When she was pregnant in 2017, Rakhi, along with six other teachers, had filed an appeal seeking maternity leave for six months.
Scheme guarantees Rs 12,000 to each pregnant worker in tea gardens.
The governing body of Aditi Mahavidyalaya had adopted a resolution in July for extending the benefits of paid maternity leave to ad-hoc teachers and contractual staff of the college.
Under the scheme, pregnant woman and lactating mothers, are entitled to receive Rs 5,000.
No maternal deaths have been reported here over the last two years - a giant step forward for a place where maternal mortality was double the national average.
The Kerala government has issued a notification to bring in the private educational sector within the ambit of Maternity Benefit Act, becoming the first state in the country to do so.
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