Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said on Sunday that legal knowledge would now be included in the school curriculum in the state.
“It (legal knowledge) will nurture the students in becoming a powerful citizen”, he said while addressing the inaugural function of the divisional level legal literacy Clubs at a government school in Ghat lohanga in Bastar district.
Speaking on this occasion Singh said by inculcating legal knowledge in students, they will definitely become knowledgeable and powerful citizen and that will ultimately contribute more in nation building.
“The knowledge which is given to a young child soon goes down in his and her memory lane’’ he said, adding, “Awareness is needed for fighting for rights and getting legal knowledge will be with the students as an invaluable treasure,’’.
“Various legislations had been framed to stop the ill-practices in society like child marriage, foeticide, child labour etc.These children now have to come forward to stop them and oppose these evil practices strongly,’’ Singh remarked.
He further appealed the students to come forward and oppose the child marriage if it is getting held in their knowledge. While talking about female foeticide, he said that the sex ratio in Bastar as well as in the entire state was better than the national average. “A girl child is treated as a goddess in the state and people of state should be lauded for this tradition’’, Singh observed.
He further said that students in the legal literacy Clubs would be provided with the books containing legal knowledge so that their awareness on legal issues gets increased.
Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court TB Radhakrishnan, speaking on this occasion said the motive of formation of legal literacy Clubs was to make people legally strong and make them better understand the rules and regulations by increasing the legal knowledge among students.