Teachers given training on facilitating Bal Sansad in government schools

Ludhiana, July 29

The district administration on Monday started a three-day capacity building workshop for 119 teachers of 50 government schools on the introduction of the Bal Sansad programme. The workshop was inaugurated by Additional Deputy Commissioner Major Amit Sareen and Assistant Commissioner Kritika Goyal.

Bal Sansad would help foster leadership skills among schoolchildren. Students would be able to take leadership roles and debate critical issues, thus enhancing their civic sense at an early age. Kritika Goyal, Assistant Commissioner

Under the programme, teachers will help schoolchildren learn the nuances of democracy and the parliamentary system by institutionalising Bal Sansad (children’s parliament) in their schools. The ADC said the Bal Sansad would be a forum at which students would express their views on various subjects including their school, family, society and could also talk about their rights freely. Assistant Commissioner Kritika Goyal highlighted the role of teachers in facilitating the formation of Bal Sansad. Experts from Wings of Wisdom Foundation, Anuja Naik and Samuel Dutta, also shared their views on the importance of children’s parliament and students as torchbearers of democracy.