Govt for socio-cultural promotion at grass roots level

F.P. Report

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for the first time in Pakistan has recognized the value of socio-cultural promotion at grass root level for inculcating enlightened values in society on the pattern of defunct National Cadet Corps (NCC).

Taking cognizance of the situation, the office of Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has come up with an idea of Good Citizen Corps (GCC) aimed at inculcating the values of tolerance. Cooperation and promotion of Civic rights and duties through focused educational training said a hand out issued on Wednesday.

In a meeting in Chief Secretary Office, the Elementary and Secondary Education Department and Culture, Sports, Tourism, Archaeology and Youth Affairs. Department were directed to prepare a list of items for socio-cultural activities along with verifiable implementation and monitoring mechanism for the purpose as soon as possible.

A certificate in this regard will be awarded to the students and the dedicated marks will be added up to their total marks secured in annual examination conducted by respective educational boards.

It is worth mentioning that under NCC, students were imparted training of the first aid activities, use of basic weapons and to tackle emergencies in war-time situation, However, NCC was discontinued in 2002.

Few weeks ago, on the direction of Chief Secretary’s office, E&SE department floated 47 topics on ethics to all schools with the directions that teachers should impart lectures on the topics to students every week.