Mandi Ahmedgarh, Nov 10
With intent to get recommendations of the Department of Health and Family Welfare regarding tobacco-control measures implemented in letter and spirit, the state Education Department has directed all the officials of the department to ensure that no student, staff member, member of management committee or a visitor can consume tobacco on the premises of any school.
The tobacco-control committees will be constituted soon which besides monitoring the progress of the movement will submit quarterly reports to the administration.
Perusal of records at offices of all elementary and senior secondary schools of the region revealed that Director General School Education Kumar Rahul had directed heads of all the schools besides district education officers to ensure that recommendation of the Department Of Health And Family Welfare regarding tobacco control are implemented in letter and spirit.
Similar orders were passed about three years ago, but nothing concrete was done in the direction. Though the authorities at all schools were asked to ensure that no tobacco product is sold within radius of 100 meter from the boundary of the institutes but very few number of schools succeeded in getting the Tobacco Product Act implemented.
It is for the first time that the authorities have recommended constitution of a committee to monitor the progress of movement re-launched for getting school campuses freed from tobacco products.
“The tobacco control committee should be constituted at each school which will include science teacher, NSS/NCC volunteers, parents of at least two students, legislator and SHO of the area, councilor and panch. Head of the school can be the chairperson of the committee which will monitor steps being taken to make the institute tobacco free and submit reports to the administration after organising quarterly meetings,” said DGSE Kumar Rahul.
Balwinder Singh Grewal and Pardeep Sharda, principals at Government Senior Secondary School, Dehlon, and MGMN Senior Secondary ,Ahmedgarh, said recommendations of the Act had already been implemented at their institutes. We have initiated process for constitution of the tobacco control committee under new guidelines.
With intent to get recommendations of the Department of Health and Family Welfare regarding tobacco-control measures implemented in letter and spirit, the state Education Department has directed all the officials of the department to ensure that no student, staff member, member of management committee or a visitor can consume tobacco on the premises of any school.
The tobacco-control committees will be constituted soon which besides monitoring the progress of the movement will submit quarterly reports to the administration.
Perusal of records at offices of all elementary and senior secondary schools of the region revealed that Director General School Education Kumar Rahul had directed heads of all the schools besides district education officers to ensure that recommendation of the Department Of Health And Family Welfare regarding tobacco control are implemented in letter and spirit.
Similar orders were passed about three years ago, but nothing concrete was done in the direction. Though the authorities at all schools were asked to ensure that no tobacco product is sold within radius of 100 meter from the boundary of the institutes but very few number of schools succeeded in getting the Tobacco Product Act implemented.
It is for the first time that the authorities have recommended constitution of a committee to monitor the progress of movement re-launched for getting school campuses freed from tobacco products.
“The tobacco control committee should be constituted at each school which will include science teacher, NSS/NCC volunteers, parents of at least two students, legislator and SHO of the area, councilor and panch. Head of the school can be the chairperson of the committee which will monitor steps being taken to make the institute tobacco free and submit reports to the administration after organising quarterly meetings,” said DGSE Kumar Rahul.
Balwinder Singh Grewal and Pardeep Sharda, principals at Government Senior Secondary School, Dehlon, and MGMN Senior Secondary ,Ahmedgarh, said recommendations of the Act had already been implemented at their institutes. We have initiated process for constitution of the tobacco control committee under new guidelines.
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