Bright girls in Haryana will unfurl the National Flag during the Republic Day functions to be held in all the Government schools.
To promote the cause of the girl child, the State Government will organise ‘Betiyon ko Salaam, Rashtriya ke naam’ programme in all schools of Haryana. A letter in this regard has been sent to all the schools from Haryana Education Department.
An official of the Education Department said that as part of the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign, the Department of Education is holding events under the banner of 'Betiyon Ko Salaam, Rashtra Ke Naam', under which schools have been directed that girl students should be encouraged to unfurl the National flag.
The programme was also organised during the Independence Day celebrations last year in the State.
The official said that the village's most educated girl will hoist the National Flag at the Republic Day celebrations in across villages. The Education Department has sent a letter directing the heads of all the schools to make arrangements for hoisting the tricolour by the bright girls of the school.
In another initiative to encourage girl children, the Department has also sent invitations to families with infant girls for Republic Day events in their localities, where they will be seated in front rows, said he.
On the occasion, girls who have topped in classes X, XII, graduation and post graduation in their villages, will also be honoured at the Republic day function. The letter stated there will also be general body meetings where students, volunteers and teachers will discuss how to bring back girls who had dropped out of schools. Besides, discussions will be held to improve the first semester results and set target for next semester.
Battling with skewed sex ratio, Haryana had seen improvement in it with the number of girls crossing 900 mark for December month, a development which has happened for the first time in 10 years.
While 12 districts of Haryana had recorded sex ratio above the 900 mark in December, Sirsa topped the list where the number of girls stood at 999 per 1,000 boys.
Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ programme from Panipat on January 22, 2015 and had also expressed appreciation for Haryana, including the ‘selfie with daughter’ campaign, during his visits to Faridabad in September, 2015, and Wembley Stadium in the UK on November 13, 2015.
Meanwhile, at the state level function, Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki will unfurl the National Flag at Chandigarh while Chief Minister Manohar lal will hoist the National Flag at Gurgaon on Republic day. Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kanwar Pal will unfurl the National Flag on Republic Day at Palwal and the Deputy Speaker Santosh Yadav at Jhajjar.