A total of 40 girl students of the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here on Saturday were distributed merit certificates for successfully completing a three-week-long Self-Defence Training Module, organised by the Commissionerate police on the school premises.
Police Commissioner Dr RP Sharma joined as chief guest at the passing-out function held at the school campus and felicitated all the trainees. Emphasising on empowerment of girls to establish a peaceful society, Dr Sharma informed that the self-defence programme would be expanded to all schools and colleges in phased manner. The trainees also demonstrated their skills on the occasion. Among others, school Principal Dr KC Satapathy and DCP (Security) Nirmal Satapathy spoke.