Chief Minister Raghubar Das has advocated the idea of a Television channel exclusively for legal literacy in the country. On the occasion of the launch of legal literacy Clubs in 500 Government schools on Saturday, Das said that he would make a formal request for a dedicated legal TV channel from Union Government soon. He also said that the Government was planning to allot some funds in next budget for providing free wi-fi facility in colleges.
Governor Droupadi Murmu, the CM and judges of the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Jharkhand jointly inaugurated legal literacy Clubs in 500 government-run schools of the State including Kasturba Gandhi Schools. The move is aimed at providing legal knowledge to the students including their rights and duties, which would ultimately help them grow as a better citizen and would also help eradicating a number of social evils from the State. Human Resource Development Department Minister Neera Yadav, Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma and many other dignitaries were also present on the occasion.
The CM added that the constitution and the government were the only hope for the poor and deprived ones. “They also require information about the constitution, its processes and plans of the government, apart from many other types of information. We are living in an era of education where orthodoxy engulfs everything in absence of education like the cases of Dian-Bisahi which use to come across every now and then. After the launch of legal literacy Club, students will be able to know their rights and duties which will ultimately help us get rid of social evils like Dian-Bisahi and others,” said Das.
With this inauguration, Jharkhand has become the only state to establish legal literacy Club in 500 schools. Murmu said at the occasion that the move was extremely important for all-round development of the students. “We all remember our rights and forget about duties. But once constitutional provisions are taught from early stage, students will understand about their duties equally when they grow adult,” Murmu said. She also stressed upon girl education saying that educating a girl alone would ensure the entire family being educated. Murmu said that the move was able to combat challenges like human trafficking, child labour and other social evils.
Extending the thoughts of Murmu, Neera Yadav said that the society was dealing with issues like child marriage, domestic violence and human trafficking. “legal literacy among students will help the society dealing fighting with all such social evils in a concerted way,” said Yadav. Other than judges of the apex court Justice Deepak Mishra and Justice R Banumathi, Jharkhand High Court Acting Chief Justice PK Mohanty and judges Justice DN Patel and HC Mishra, Drinking Water and Sanitation Department Minister CP Chowdhary, MlAs Dr. Jeetu Charan Ram and Gangotri Kujur, Secretary Himani Pandey and Secretary Manish Ranjan were also present at the occasion.