UP government to help girl students learn self-defence

These classes will help rural students boost their self-confidence and self-esteem. It is time for the girls of Class 6 to 8 to roll up their sleeves. 

Uttar Pradesh government is all set to make girls self-reliant in terms of safety. According to the reports, Director-General of School Education, Uttar Pradesh, Vijay Kiran Anand said, girl students of more than 40,000 upper primary schools in Uttar Pradesh will learn self-defence techniques under the Mission Shakti programme between March 1 and 31. Talking further about the importance of the programme, Kiran further added, "These classes will help rural students boost their self-confidence and self-esteem. It is time for the girls of Class 6 to 8 to roll up their sleeves. They will learn self-defence techniques from a tender age when one can learn things much faster. Participants will also be given certificates."

The responsibility of training the girl students with self-defence techniques has been handed over to the physical education instructors. The education department has around 10,748 physical education instructors. In order to serve the purpose, the department has also made a provision of ₹3,000 per school. The trainers will train their own school and a nearby school as well, said Vijay Kiran Anand in the order issued to all 75 districts of the state.

Talking about the government’s vision behind launching the Mission Shakti programme, Vijay further said that the main purpose of self-defence training is that girls can be made physically and mentally self-dependent so that they can face any odd situation without being conflicted.

Considering the increasing crime rate against women and girl child, this programme will help females understand and learn ways to protect themselves.  

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