Haryana to provide self-defence training to school girls

Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad, under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, will provide training in self-defence and other martial arts to girl students studying at elementary level during 2012-13. Under this scheme, training would be provided in five schools of each block and for this trainers would be appointed for a duration of three months, an official spokesman said.

He said that under the scheme, there was a provision for a budget of Rs 4,500 per month per trainer. In Mahendragarh district, the programme would be organised in 20 schools where a batch of minimum 50 students would be chosen at the district-level, the spokesman said.

For the appointment of trainers, a committee was constituted under the chairmanship of additional deputy commissioner with district project coordinator, assistant project coordinator and elementary education officers of the concerned block as members.

Free education to ten girls under Kalpana Chawla Ladli scheme

Mr B L Chawla, father of late astronaut Kalpana Chawla, would launch 'Kalpana Chawla Ladli' scheme for girls at Midtown Grand here on August 8. The function is being organised by the Kalpana Chawla group of Institutions, Hisar. Chairman of the group Mr Sunil Sharma told newsmen here today, 'Mr B L Chawla, father of late Kalpana Chawla, would interact with the boys and girls of all institutions of Hisar at Midtown Grand here on August 8. He would launch 'Kalpana Chawla Ladli' scheme for girls on that day.

Under the scheme of the Kalpana Chawla Group of Institutions at Hisar, free education will be provided to eight girls in the IT sector and two girls in B.Ed college.

The scheme will also give an opportunity to two girls every year to visit NASA and USA.

The astronaut's father B L Chawla would launch the scheme here on August 8 next and he would also interact with the boys and girls of the Institutions, chairman of the Group Sunil Sharma told reporters on Friday.

"Kalpana Chawla has been a role-model for the girls. The youths would know about her life from her father and imbibe those virtues which took her to such heights that the world praised her talent and courage," Sharma said.