Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 20: 6-day Adolescent Education Progr-amme was launched by Shanti Gupta, Centre for Women Studies MIER College of Education with an attempt to generate awareness among the adolescents on what are the various challenges faced by them and how they can prepare themselves to face the complexities of life with more confidence and maturity.
The target group of the programme was students of Class XI of Model Academy School.
The programme was divided into six modules namely Introduction to Adolescence as a concept, Stages of Adolescence; Training in Assertiveness; Chance at buying happiness; Life skills and decision making; Adolescent Health; Stress and its impact.
The resource persons for the various modules were Monika Marwaha, Assistant Professor, MIER College of Education; Rohinika Sharma Assistant Professor MIER College of Education; Suruchi Sharma, Counselor Model Academy; Monika Rathore, Project officer CWS etc.
The resource persons oriented the adolescents on the key problems faced by them during this crucial phase of their life and emphasized that adolescence is not just physical growth it is also the emotional, social and mental growth of an individual.
Dr Renu Gupta, Director MIER lauded the efforts of the Centre for Women Studies (CWS) which has taken up this initiative of providing orientation to the adolescents which would go a long way in helping them deal with this delicate phase of their life. She hoped that more such programmes will be conducted by the centre in future also.
Rupa Gupta, Principal Model Academy also appreciated the efforts of CWS in guiding the students of Model Academy in dealing with the stress and strife of adolescent period.
The programme was planned and executed by the Project officer CWS Monika Rathore.
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