Himachal CM urges for working with zeal for welfare of target groups

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Himachal CM urges for working with zeal for welfare of target groups

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | PNS | Shimla

Commissions, Boards and organisations of the State Government should work with a sense of belongingness for achieving the tasks they are entrusted with and to ensure the welfare of the targeted beneficiaries which comes under their purview, Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said on Monday.

Addressing the State level workshop on Right to Education (RTE) Act organised by Commission for Protection of Child Rights in collaboration with Social Justice and Empowerment Department here, he said the State Government taking into consideration the welfare of children formed the Commission for Protection of Child Rights with a mandate to ensure that all laws, policies, programmes and administrative mechanisms were in consonance with the Child Rights perspective as enshrined in the Constitution.

The CM said that the welfare of weaker sections and underprivileged needs to be taken care of, adding that commissions and associations so formed needs to work dedicatedly with the right approach to ensure welfare of the people.

Virbhadra Singh said that the Children in juvenile homes and special schools needs special care and attention so that they may not feel abandoned or ignored. The person assigned with such task should be emotionally involved and take their job as a challenge for welfare of these children. He said that the Government was also extending financial support to these commissions involved with the welfare of the children and women, besides the old age homes in the State and one have to get emotionally involved in this task.

The Chief Minister launched a survey calendar containing the first National Report on safe and secure environment of schools in India, with district and State wide data on different indicators of safe school atmosphere.

Virbhadra Singh said the drawbacks if any in RTE Act would be pondered upon, though Himachal Pradesh was fast treading upon providing basic and higher education to the children. He said that the State recently was awarded the Best Big State award in the field of education, which was itself a proof of the strides made in education sector. 

Social Justice  and Empowerment Minister, Dhani Ram Shandil said that adequate care was being taken of such children juvenile homes in the state. “I have been directed by the Chief Minister that regular monitoring of such children as well as of old age homes was to be done, and his instructions were being adhered to strictly”, said the Minister. The government was in the process of lay down Early Childhood Care and Education Bill, he said, adding that at present the government was ensuring safe environment for the children in all the schools. Besides, School Management Committees have been formed to look after better management of schools and their upkeep.

Member, National Council for Protection of Child Rights, Priyank Kanungo also highlighted the role of the Commission and its extending support to State Commissions.

He said that a policy needs to be formulated for not allowing the parents of children to contest any election on any platform, if they have deprived their children of basic education and if this was done, this would be an example for other states and a step for mass awareness. Though the enrolment of children between 6-14 age group was almost 100 percent in Himachal, but this initiative will set the trend rolling for other big states where children were deprived of right to education, he said. 

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