11 min readAug 17, 2026 07:24 AM IST First published on: Aug 17, 2026 at 07:24 AM ISTThe first student in Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in South Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri to take the HPV vaccine was made class monitor.It was an unusual reward for taking an injection. But in a school where parents were still asking whether the vaccine was safe, whether it could cause illness, or even whether it could affect their daughters’ ability to have children, the teachers wanted the girl to become an example for others.