New Delhi (NVI): To take forward the momentum of empowerment of girls and women through education, the Ministry of HRD will celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) in schools and colleges across the country.
Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhrial Nishank said that the government has launched a special campaign in this regard.
The week-long campaign begins with effect from today in the run-up to International Women’s Day on March 8, Ministry of Human Resource Development said in a statement today.
“The Government has launched a special theme-based focused campaign from 1st-7th March in the run up to the International Women’s Day on 8th March this year with Education being the theme on 1st March,” Pokhriyal said adding that as a tribute to women, the celebration by HRD Ministry will continue throughout the year.
The HRD Minister also said that the Government has taken several game-changing initiatives since 2014 for the education of the girl child.
“This is one of the reasons for the success of the scheme of Beti Bachao Padhao whereby the Gross Enrolment Ratio of girls across all levels of education is now higher than boys. At elementary level, GER is 94.32 % as against 89.28% for boys. At Secondary level, it is 81.32 % as compared to 78 %,” he said.
The minister further said that a Self-Defence Olympiad will be organised for girls at school level on the lines of Yoga Olympiad. “To ensure safety and security of girls, Self defence training is imparted to girls of class VI to XII belonging to Government Schools,” he said.
Nishank added that to motivate girl students, special morning assemblies will be organised once a week in schools throughout the year. He said that in these assemblies, talks on women achievers in different fields, role play, thought of the day, group songs on women empowerment, awards/recognition to the girl students who have performed well in different fields such as academics, sports, dance, music, arts, social service and novel areas will be included.
