jaipur life has changed upside down for 14yearold khushboo name changed a class viii student of a government school in dausa due to pandemic similar is the case with millions of other students of her agea quick sneak into her life gives an indication that being a girl child change is worse than boys in the given situation she is overburdened with household work more than ever before from cooking meals for family occasionally to almost every day and from cleaning utensils once in a day to all the day also taking care of younger sister and ailing grandmother throughout the day has taken a toll on her education and stressed her mentallyi dont want to wake up now says khushboo who remembers the noncovid19 days fondly when she had to visit her second homeschool where she loved to interact with her friends and teachersmy parents used to give me full time to study and play however i dont get time now for either said tensed khushboo to a researcher who finds her under immense stress which her parents didnt agree within a stark contrast khusboos elder brother regularly attends the online classes on whatsapp and on priority watches academic videos on youtube the family of six has two smart phones her father keeps his phone for work and mothers phone is used by the only son this is not a case to be seen in isolation the lockdown has cast it spell more on the girls students than the boys says a study understanding barriers and enablers to girls secondary education in rajasthan post covid19 by state funded institute of development studies jaipur in collaboration with delhibased development solutionsthe report says less than 11 of girls are able to attend online classes while they spend more hours doing household chores than the noncovid 19 period the situation is certain to create an academic divide between boys and girls while sanitary pads and iron folic acid shortage due to closure of schools and anagwadi centres have taken the menstrual health for a tosskanchan mathur professor in ids said khushboo was lucky to have not witnessed any sort of domestic violence which is many cases girls have told our research team in many cases the parents have expressed their inability to continue their study of their girl child due to loss of livelihood and uncertain futurethe survey is carried on lowincome families whose children study in either government schools or budget schools highlighting the health concerns the report says that most of the surveyed girls have either not received the iron folic tablets and sanitary pads from the school and anganwadi workers highlighting the impact of stress and anxiety on girls vasudha chakravarthy partner at development solutions says that uncertainty of future along with no outside engagement is contributing to their stress levels the study clearly points out that this issue requires a multisectoral approach to ensure our girls future shouldnt be effected by the pandemic every state needs to step