Stressing on the need of scaling up life skill education in schools of the State, Chairperson of Jharkhand State Commission for Protection of Child rights (JSCPCR), Arti Kujur said on Friday that it should be extended beyond KGBVs. Kujur also said that the concept of ‘Suggestion Box’, named as ‘Man Ki Baat’ should also be replicated across every school, as the same emphasizes child participation.
The JSCPCR chairperson was addressing a gathering at a city based hotel on the one year learning of the programmme on ‘Empowering Marginalised Girls Through Quality Education’ by Save the Children and its partner organisations Vikas Bharti Bishunpur and Srijan Mahila Vikas Manch of W. Singhbhum.
The programme, rolled out in collaboration with Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, was implemented across 10 KGBVs in the districts of Ranchi, Gumla and West Singhbhum. In the programme the Child Champions from various KGBVs had shared their experience and hoe the life Skill Education programme has empowered them to express themselves and to raise their voice against Child Marriage, especially.
Mahadev Hansda, General Manager- State Programme, Save the Children had welcomed the guests and shared a brief of overview of the programme.
Ratan Mahawani, District Education Officer, Ranchi in his speech mentioned that such works of development partners need to be scaled up. There is a need of NGOs to mobilize the community by sensitizing parents to send their children to schools and to ensure completion of school education. He had also mentioned that Department is arranging for linking up of children with various vocational courses like ITI, Polytechnic etc. After they complete their Std. XII exam. So, more and more students are encouraged to grab this opportunity.
A booklet of good practice and case studies was launched at the programme. All the KGBVs of Kanke, Burmu of Ranchi District; Sisai, Sadar, Raidih, Bharno of Gumla District, Khuntpani, Jhinkpani, Tantnagar and Manjhari of W. Singhbhum were felicitated.
Ranjana Kumari, Director, Vikas Bharti Bishunpur, Nargis Khatoon, Secretary Srijan Mahila Vikas Manch, Anup Hore, State Manager-Plan India and Anangadev Singh from World Vision India were also present in the programme.