The Campaign against Child labour (CACl), Odisha held a two-day workshop on “State Action Plan for Children” and “State Education Policy”.
The workshop was organised to gather public opinion on the State action plan and submit it to the State Government.
On the first day, Women and Child Development Department Deputy Secretary RK Rath attended the workshop and advised the participants to provide valuable realistic comments for State action plan.
Attending the workshop, State Construction and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board Chairman Subash Singh sought the cooperation of NGOs to accelerate benefits under Government schemes to the child labourers and the children of the migrant workers.
On the second day, sharing her views on the need for a State education policy, Brajrajnagar BJP MlA Radharani Panda stressed on the need for formulation of not only a State education policy in line with national policy but also a State policy for children.
laxmi Narayan Nanda of UNICEF Odisha cited examples of other States where new systems have been created to address the child protection issues.
The meeting was conducted by CACl chairman lalit Mohan Mishra. 53 participants from different districts attended the workshop. It was unanimously decided to give inputs to the State action plan for children and demand formulation of a State child policy and an education policy.