Minister of State for School Education (Independent Charge) and General Administration Inder Singh Parmar said that teachers will play an important role in developing the ability in the students to counter the crime with the understanding of good and bad. The Minister of State Parmar was addressing the State Level Training Workshop of the Commission for Protection of Child Rights in the auditorium of Career Law College.
Minister of State Parmar said that if children have any contact with any institution after their family, it is school. Teachers play an important role in the personality Development of the students in the school. Parmar urged all the teachers through the workshop to go to their area and develop awareness about child rights among the students as well as the parents. He said that a child who is aware of his rights and mentally strong becomes the best citizen.
Minister of State Parmar launched the "Bal Bol" app of the Commission for Protection of Child Rights and the song "Bal Adhikar" to make
children aware of child rights. In collaboration with the State Education Centre, a workshop was held to make master trainers on serious topics like Right to Education, Child Safety, Mental Health of Children and Cyber Crime.
Member of the Commission Brijesh Chouhan threw light on the purpose of the workshop and the expected results. He said that in the new education policy, all the teachers would learn from the workshop and give mental health benefits to the children.
The app developed to receive complaints related to children will ensure safety as well as grievance redressal of children. Chouhan said that the main objective of the workshop is to orient the officers of the education department working at the regional level, so that children and their parents coming in contact with them can be made aware of the right to education, child safety and mental health.
Joint Director Women and Child Development Vishal Nadkarni said that everyone is concerned about the safety of children. This workshop will help in protecting them from crime and making them aware of the rights. Through the workshop, teachers will understand the behaviour and thoughts of the children, empower them and save them from crime.
In the workshop 550 participants including CAC, BRC, APC and Jan Shikshak from 52 districts including subject expert RH Lata, Coordinator State Education Centre Ashish Bhartiya, Secretary Child Commission Shubha Verma were present.