CBSE will be provide 45 mins self-defence training to girls

CALLING IT an unfortunate reality that the safety of children is often at stake in today’s world, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday issued directions to all the affiliated schools to dedicate 45 minutes everyday to provide self-defence training to girls.

As per the circular issued, some recent incidents have accentuated the need to ensure safety of girls.Vineeta Arora, principal of Bhavan Vidyalaya School, Sector 27, said, “There is no doubt that making the self-defence training a part of curriculum will help the girls a lot but we would have to work out the modalities on reserving 45 minutes to train the girls on a daily basis.”

The CBSE has asked the schools to impart one-week training at the beginning of both terms — term-I and term-II — on self-defence to all the girl students of classes I-X.

Principal of Government Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 16, Anujit Kaur is of the opinion that the self-defence training classes should be made mandatory for girls so that even those girls who are not part of physical education or any sports can come forward to actively participate in it.

Anu Sharma, principal of Stepping Stones Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, said, “We are already running taekwondo and karate classes in our school, though they are not compulsory. The girl participation in karate and taekwondo is considerably increasing every year but now if the CBSE makes it mandatory, it will be a great initiative to boost self-confidence of all the girls, starting from the primary level.”

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Courtesy: The Indian Express