Menstruation benefits for female students at Cochin University of Science & Technology

CUSAT rules mandate 75% attendance in each semester to appear for exams. The new order will bring that threshold down to 73%.

University in Kerala’s female students avails "menstruation benefit" in the form of additional condonation of shortage of attendance. Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) has finally approved the long-pending demand of the students and sanctioned an additional 2 per cent of condonation of shortage of attendance to female students, in each semester. CUSAT rules mandate 75% attendance in each semester to appear for exams. The new order will bring that threshold down to 73%.

An autonomous university, CUSAT has over 8,000 students in various streams and more than half of them are girls. An order issued by the joint registrar said, "Having considered the requests for menstruation benefits to female students, the Vice-Chancellor has ordered to sanction an additional 2% of condonation of shortage of attendance to female students, in each semester, subject to reporting to the Academic Council."

Wednesday's order meets a long-pending demand of the over 4,000 female students in various streams, including PhD, at CUSAT. Calling it a much-needed" decision, students' union chairperson Namitha George expressed happiness over the move. Student unions had demanded a fixed number "menstrual leaves" every semester, but the authorities cited "practical difficulties" in granting such relief and instead suggested the condonation in attendance shortage. This was accepted by the unions.

"The VC has ordered to sanction an additional 2% of condonation of shortage of attendance to female students, in each semester," says the order.

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