The three-day training programme for teachers of the Parliamentary Affairs Department for Young MPs Contest starts at the State Educational Research and Training Council here on Thursday.
Principal Secretary of Parliamentary Affairs Department Amitabh Jain, Principal Secretary of legislative Assembly Devendra Verma, Additional Secretary of Parliamentary Affairs Department B K Agrawal, besides Union Parliamentary Affairs Ministry Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary were present.
A three-day training programme is being held for 50 teachers in 25 schools. They were taken around the Chhattisgarh Assembly.
It is interesting to note that the parliamentary affairs Ministry has ordered for the conduct of Young MPs contest for school children in all the States. The main aim is to give a feel of working of the parliamentary system of governance.
Chhattisgarh Parliamentary Affairs Department has started conducting inter-district contests at the division-level .
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ajay Chandrakar has asked the department officers to see to it that a large number of students take part in the contest.