Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday launched the second issue of "Children First" Journal by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR).
Sisodia, while delivering the key note address emphasised the need to instill confidence in children, saying we should have faith in children's ability to succeed and encourage them to fulfil all their dreams.
"The biggest drawback of our education system is that we do not have faith in our children's ability to succeed. The question is not what do we write in the National Education Policy (NEP), but how we interact with our children in the classrooms and at homes. That shows that our lack of faith in them," he said.
“We deter our children by asking them to dream within their limits whenever they share their aspiration of becoming an IAS officer, a Supreme Court Judge or a sportsperson, Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio in the national Capital, said.
“Today, a child from a poor household can become the president. Similarly, every girl can fulfil her dream. But we have broken her confidence, which we need to instil.”