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Need
better education facilities for girls: Balakrishnan
Thursday May 05, 2011 08:31:51 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Emphasizing the importance of the Right to Education (RTE) Act,
the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson K.G.
Balakrishnan Thursday said there is a need for better education
facilities for the girl child.
Addressing the valedictory session of a three-day training
programme of principals and education officers of Kendriya
Vidyalya Sangathan on human rights, Balakrishnan said: "Teachers
can be instrumental in spreading a culture of human rights in the
country by inculcating values in their students."
"There is need for better education facilities for girl child," a
statement released here quoted the former chief justice of India
as saying.
The programme is jointly organised by the commission and the
Kendriya Vidyalya Sangathan in Delhi.
According to the statement, the training programme will deal with
issues concerning human rights like the rights of persons with
disability, child rights, Right to Education Act, manual
scavenging, women's rights, environment issues and rights of
elderly persons.
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