Happiness curriculum will help utilise students’ energy in positive way: Dy CM

NEW DELHI: Urging teachers of Delhi government schools to mould the directions of the students to creative and positive addictions such as dance, music, study, painting and social works, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said that the ‘mindfulness activities’ from happiness curriculum will also help the students to utilise their energy in creative and positive sense.

The remark from Sisodia, who also Education Minister of the national capital, came after he inaugurated the “Capacity Building Programme on Substance Abuse” organised by the SCERT at Thyagaraj sports Complex.

Justice Mukta Gupta, Delhi High Court appreciated SCERT for taking these initia- tives to orient and equip the teachers for such kind of skills so that they can work at the prevention level.

The State Council of Education Research & Training(scert) organized Capacity Building Programme on Substance Abuse ‘Samvad Se Sankalp’ for 3500 Government School teachers and officers of Directorate of Education, other local bodies of Delhi State.

The aim of this programme is to create awareness among teachers regarding the Substance Abuse as its magnitude is increasing day by day.

“Substance Abuse refers to the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs which can further result in dependence syndrome to behavioural, cognitive and physiology aspects. Excessive use of these drugs resulted depicts harmful effects on day to day activities and sometimes it can also become fatal,” said a SCERT official.

During the programme sessions were taken by different Resource Persons from Delhi State Legal Service Authority, AIIMS, Directorate of Health Services, Psychologists and NGOS.

The issues covered during the programme included the youth today, Window to the new world of drugs, Identification & management of substance use among school children, Intervention strategies for the Drug Abusers and Addicts & Role of School Health Scheme.

Discussion on legal framework of Substance Abuse and importance of supporting children who have been able to come out of this menace was also held.