Hoshiarpur, January 17
Even as the Hoshiarpur police have shown the way by involving hundreds of students and teachers of over 500 schools in the district in its massive traffic awareness campaign, Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka today said the Education Department would include traffic education in the school curriculum.
He hoped that this would curb road accidents. He was speaking at a traffic awareness workshop organised by the Hoshiarpur police here today.
The minister said: “Traffic rules cannot be imposed on the people. So the best way to make them abide by the rules is to introduce traffic education in schools,” he told The Tribune. The Education Minister blamed the “VIP culture” in the state for the violation of traffic rules. “Politicians and children of influential persons are much to blame. They think that they can get away with any violation and if any policeman dares to stop them, they can get him transferred. This attitude is an impediment to implementing traffic rules,” Maluka said.
The district police, he said, had initiated a novel campaign by involving students of more than 500 schools and members of 1,250 panchayats to sensitise the people on traffic rules. Taking a cue from the police, the department now planned to introduce traffic education and safety in the school curriculum, the minister said.
“We have involved all sections of society, but the focus is on students who can be catalysts of change,” said Hoshiarpur Senior Superintendent of police (SSP) Dr Narinder Bhargav.
Deputy Commissioner Tanu Kashyap exhorted parents not to allow their under-aged wards to drive any vehicle.
The minister flagged off a students’ rally organised at the Zila Parishad Grounds by the Transport Department.
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Even as the Hoshiarpur police have shown the way by involving hundreds of students and teachers of over 500 schools in the district in its massive traffic awareness campaign, Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka today said the Education Department would include traffic education in the school curriculum.
He hoped that this would curb road accidents. He was speaking at a traffic awareness workshop organised by the Hoshiarpur police here today.
The minister said: “Traffic rules cannot be imposed on the people. So the best way to make them abide by the rules is to introduce traffic education in schools,” he told The Tribune. The Education Minister blamed the “VIP culture” in the state for the violation of traffic rules. “Politicians and children of influential persons are much to blame. They think that they can get away with any violation and if any policeman dares to stop them, they can get him transferred. This attitude is an impediment to implementing traffic rules,” Maluka said.
The district police, he said, had initiated a novel campaign by involving students of more than 500 schools and members of 1,250 panchayats to sensitise the people on traffic rules. Taking a cue from the police, the department now planned to introduce traffic education and safety in the school curriculum, the minister said.
“We have involved all sections of society, but the focus is on students who can be catalysts of change,” said Hoshiarpur Senior Superintendent of police (SSP) Dr Narinder Bhargav.
Deputy Commissioner Tanu Kashyap exhorted parents not to allow their under-aged wards to drive any vehicle.
The minister flagged off a students’ rally organised at the Zila Parishad Grounds by the Transport Department.
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