‘Implement suggestion from PM Modi…’: Punjab schools directed to sensitise parents on early signs of drug abuse
In a letter issued by Punjab SCERT director Kiran Sharma to district education officers (DEOs) and school principals across the state, they have been directed to sensitise parents on how they can observe behavioural changes in their children to identify drug abuse at an early stage.
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Punjab schools act on PM Modi's advice to raise drug abuse awareness among parents and students. (Representational Image)To implement suggestion from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Punjab schools have been directed to sensitise parents on how to identify the early signs of drug abuse in children.
In a letter issued by Punjab SCERT director Kiran Sharma to district education officers (DEOs) and school principals across the state, they have been directed to sensitise parents on how they can observe behavioural changes in their children to identify drug abuse at an early stage.
The Punjab SCERT director’s letter while reproducing a direction received from the union ministry of education, states that during the DGPs/IGPs conference held from November 29 to December 1 in Bhubaneshwar last year, the Prime Minister had suggested: “Use of Parent-Teacher meetings to sensitise parents, including through informative videos, to identify early warning signs and behavioural changes which could be sign of narcotic usage. Sensitisation of people on the issue of narcotics through religious leaders and social activists to be ensured.”
Directing the schools to implement this suggestion given by the Prime Minister, the letter to Punjab DEOs and principals states: “Keeping in view the suggestion given by the PM, teachers should take help of local enforcement agencies, screen documentaries and organize street plays and take help of experts to sensitize students and their parents on signs of drug abuse so that young lives could be saved.”
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