Jammu, June 27: International Day against Drug Abuse2020 was observed by Directorate of School Education Jammu in collaboration with UNICEF India by organising a webinar on Safeguarding Children of J&K from substance Abuse.
In this webinar, main emphasis was laid on recognizing early signs of substance abuse, prevention and diversion tactics and how to counsel the students in the schools.
Mrs. Anuradha Gupta, Director School Education Jammu in her message stressed upon the student peer counsellors model. She said that they should become Brand Ambassadors for Anti Drug addiction.” If you want to get addicted, get addicted to your passion”, she added.
Director School Education Jammu said that on this occasion of International Day against drug abuse, DSEJ announced online drawing competition for students of Jammu Division on drug abuse/ effects of drugs to mark the International Day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. This competition is open from 26th June to 28th June,2020. The winner will be judged on the basis of originality of ideas.
Dr. Vinod Dhar, Psychiatrist and Deaddiction Specialist, HELP Rehabilitation Home, Dr. Gurmeet Kour, Psychiatrist and De-addiction Specialist , Police Hospital Jammu, Dr. Syed Karar, child Psychiatrist, IMHANS, Dr. Muzaffar Khan, Director-youth Development Centre, J&K Police and Mr. Romesh Sharma, Head, Counselling cell DSEJ were the key speakers on the occasion.
The main role of teachers is of preventive type. Behavioural changes should be easily noticed by the teachers as they can educate both- students as well as their parents. So, training of teachers is very important in this context. Even as a parent, we should give the children thrill seeking behaviour in some other activity and try to nip the evil in the bud. These were the main highlights of the webinar.
Mr. Romesh Sharma apprised the participants about the various initiatives taken by Counselling cell , DSEJ Which included opening of counselling cells in various high/ higher secondary schools of Jammu Division, Inclusion of one month activities on Drug De-addiction in Counselling calendar, organising training of teachers in collaboration with J&K Police Deptt., Excise Deptt.,etc., Constitution of Psychological Task Force, Aao Baat Karein Helpline etc.
The webinar was attended live by students, teachers, parents and counsellors from across the UT. It was live on Facebook. More than 200 teachers/ counsellors attended it online.
The programme was moderated by Sh. Danish Aziz, Educationist Specialist, UNICEF. Mr. Manbir from JKKN provided Technical support whereas Alka Sharma and counsellor Shanti Saroop Sharma helped in the smooth conduct of this webinar.
