bengaluru the karnataka government based on the inputs from all its department has decided to provide a mandatory reservation for transgenders and the sexual minorities in all levels of formal education across karnatakait has also said that a separate toilet for the transgenders should be constructed in educational institutes and modify section 36 a of the police act which crimanlises hijras and other members of the transgender communitythe karnataka state policy on transgenders which was approved on thursday by the state cabinet appears to be unequivocally in support of bringing the transgender community to the mainstreamhowever the implementation of the policy will be more challenging taskon thursday law minister t b jayachandra said the government policy on transgenders was given much thought and the cabinet finally concluded to accept the policy and ratify itaccordingly the first and primary action towards assimiliating the transgenders in the society was considered by bringing the community into the educational spherethe policy speaks of bring the trans community into quotas and categories of sarvashiksha abhiyan right to education rte and similar such programmes in an effort to promote literacy and reduce drop outs said the ministerin the policy it was noted that the labour department in fact had recommended further reservation in vocational courses by reserving five seats each in itis and polytechnices across the state in order to equip them for employmentthe policy also speaks of preferential seat allocation for the transgenders in the state but in a phased mannerjayachandra said with the number of people under the transgender commuinity being minimal all of them will be incorporated in education institutes with no requirement of setting aside a percentage of seatsat the other end to ensure there is no discrimination in education institutes the policy has also said a separate toilet must be constructed in all schools colleges and education institutes across the statethe issue of separate toilets were discussed in the cabinet for transgenders and we have agreed upon the fact that it must be incorporated said jayachandrahe said the government will also be embarking upon an awareness policy by using the anganwadi workers to reach out to the family members to sensitize about trans child in their familiesthe government has also said that there needs to be a timely process to change their names and gender in their educational institutesthis apart the policy also speaks of sanitizing the school curriculum in order to remove the negative portrayal of transgenders in literature and language booksthe government has decided to roll out the policy suggestions in a phased manner over the next 36 monthsgovt contemplates to provide free sex reassignment surgerythe state government under its new policy for transgenders has said it is considering free sex reassingment surgeries in select government hospitals the surgeries include breast removal f2m breast implantation m2f uterus removal f2m penis reconstruction f2m and penis castration m2fthe governemnt has also decided in its policy to bring the transgenders under the health insurance schemes including rashtriya swasthaya bhima yojana and yeshaswini