A workshop on the theme Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (save girls, educate girls) was organised at Government Girls +2 School, Hazaribagh on September 14. Distinguished denizens of Hazaribagh participated in this workshop and advocated about the need of saving girl child and the importance of educating them for the overall development of the society.
DPRO Hazaribagh, Devendra Nath Bhaduri, in his address said that the importance of girls is not a new thing for us, we Indians know and accept it since ancient times. A girl serves the society as mother, sister, daughter, wife and many other forms. Our religion also teaches us to worship the women as a sign of power, but in modern time dowry system, rape, child marriage and killing of premature women child in womb are the challenges before the society, he added.
Though the Government has framed many laws to protect the girls and women but its implementation ratio is low and we need to raise our voice for proper implementation of these laws. Similarly education is necessary in today’s society as it empowers the man and women. By empowering women we can empower the society, Bhaduri added.
Advocating about the need of saving girl child and making them educated Prof Rampriya Prasad said that in the era of globalization India cannot compete with developed countries when most part of half of our population is uneducated. Jwala Prasad Singh, Headmaster Zila School Hazaribagh appealed to everyone present in the workshop to aware the people in their contact to save and educate the girl child because the sex ratio of the country and state has reached to an alarming stage.
Assistant District programme officer of Jharkhand education project Dr Meeta Sinha expressed her feelings through a poetry having appeal of stopping the brutal killings of girl child and different evils in the society which comes under the category of crime against women.
In his presidential address Deputy Director of District Information and Public Relation Department Prem Kumar said that the time has come when we all should work to save the girl child and to educate them. If we will not come forward to do so then the coming generation will never forgive us.
Teachers, students and distinguished denizens from all sections of the society, school and colleges participated in this program in large number. The teacher and students of government girls +2 school played an important role in making the program successful.