"In an era that is flooded with attractive communications on fashion, lifestyle, diverse facets of relationships and brand awareness, it is important to reinforce positive behaviour among adolescents along with values through necessary skill information," said SK Setia, DPI (schools). He introduced comprehensive AEP (Adolescent Education Programme) which will be soon launched in all senior secondary and secondary schools of the city. The programme will be implemented through red ribbonclubs in schools, in collaboration with State AIDS Control Society, UT.
Setia said AEP would be implemented from October onwards to build capacities of adolescents and prepare them to face new challenges of modern day life. The programme was designed for senior students of class IX onwards with an objective to enhance essential values and life skills for coping and managing concerns of adolescence through co-curricular activities (CCA). The life skills usually addressed were creative and critical thinking, self-awareness and self-esteem, decision making and problem solving, inter-personal relationships and effective communication, coping stress and emotions. Providing accurate knowledge to students, developing healthy attitudes, responsible behaviour about process of growing up, HIV/AIDS and substance abuse, promoting respect for the opposite sex and dealing with gender stereotypes are a part of the programme.
For imparting training, two nodal teachers of red ribbon clubs here, six masters trainers from the city were trained recently in a NACO sponsored workshop in New Delhi.
Sharing her concerns, Dr Vanita Gupta, project director, State AIDS Control Society, UT, said more than 22% of India's population was between 10 to 19 years of age, representing a vibrant human resource and adolescence was a period of formative dynamic transitions. "With ever-increasing threats of growing drug/substance abuse, gender discrimination, child abuse, HIV/AIDS infections and suicides amongst young people, it is high time that we realize the importance of this initiative and take corrective measures," she added.
Dr Dazy Zarabi, programme coordinator, Regional Resource Centre, Panjab University, and an important part of the initiative, held that ignorance was the root cause of all evils and only through proper dissemination of knowledge could the life of students be secured.
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