Tag: Self Defence Training For Girls

Bhubaneswar: At a time when there have been questions arising on the safety and security of women especially adolescent girls, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have come forward with a joint collaboration on women empowerment self-defence training. Forty girls between 14 yrs and 25 years of age under the […]

New Delhi: With the rise in number of crimes against women, the Ministry of Human Resource Development launched Samagra Shiksha initiative in 2018-19. As part of this integrated scheme of school education, self-defence training is imparted to girls from class VI to XII. The ministry provides Rs 3,000 per month for a period of three […]

New Delhi: Concerned over the security of schoolgirls, the Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said on Thursday that the girl students in government schools were being imparted self-defence training under the ‘Samagra Shiksha’ programme. Replying to a query in Rajya Sabha, the minister said that keeping in view the safety and security of […]