Chandi Public School celebrates Annual Day
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 3: National Conference Provincial President Devender Singh Rana today underscored the need for launching a two-pronged strategy for combating the negative influences luring young children towards drugs alongside a forceful drive against the drug peddlers.
“It is time for the Government to bring a legislation proposing death for the drug peddlers as the menace has attained alarming proportions”, Mr Rana said while speaking at the Annual Day function of Chandi Public School, Ghorda in Mathwar area of Nagrota Assembly Constituency.
The Provincial President said education and educational institutions can play a counterbalancing role in keeping young people away from the negative influences like drugs and other social evils. He said the educational institutions and the parents can make conditions conducive for proper and healthy growth of children by engaging in frequent interactions. “Together, the teachers and parents can adopt a harm minimisation approach to acquaint children about devastating effects of drugs”, Mr Rana said.
He said that teachers can play a pivotal role in helping youth not to derail from the mainstream.
He stressed on the need for engaging young people in drug education activities, which will eventually lead them to make healthy and sound choices. He even went on to suggest that drug education should be made part of curriculum and extra curricular activities in order to have lasting impact on the young minds.
Urging students to be part of various extracurricular activities, Rana said this will keep them in good stead in the most competitive world. He said sports alongside academics are pivotal for overall growth of children and the institutions engaged in child development should make a healthy balance in both.
The Provincial President complimented the management for creating adequate infrastructure for imparting quality education and engaging students in sports and other activities.
Principal Sunil Kumar presented the annual report and gave a resume of activities in academic excellence achieved and other events carried out during the session.
On the occasion the young students presented a variety programme depicting various facets of Jammu and Kashmir’s rich ethos.
Mr Rana congratulated the participants and other students for their performance.
Besides teachers, students and parents, prominent among those present in the Annual Day function included Chairman of the Chandi Public School, Tilak Raj and Chairperson BDC Mathwar Sharifan Bibi.
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