| CGPWA launches Counseling initiative for Divyang, Destitute students | | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 23: In a joint venture, three prominent NGOs of Jammu launched an initiative on counseling students of "Lesser God"on certain tropical subjects for enabling them excel in examinations and later in their lives in the making of responsible citizens. This initiative, with the support of Departments of Social Welfare and School Education, was launched by the Central Govt Pensioners' Welfare Association, J&K, Jammu (CGPWA) and two other NGOs Samaj Kalyan Kendra (SKK) which runs a School for Hearing & Speech Handicapped students and BALGRAN, a Home for Destitute Children which runs Bal Bharti School. This collaborative social and educational programme was formally launched at BALGRAN at Channi Rama here today in which about 70 students of secondary classes of both the schools participated. An 80-minute impressive Power Point Interactive Counseling presentation on 'Handling Examination Stress' was given by Kundan Lal Dogra, Principal MV International School, Vijaypur, Samba. Through images and pictures supported by quotations, he impressed upon the students to handle stress which is the creation of students themselves. The highlights of the presentation included understanding stress and its management techniques with emphasis on increasing physical, mental and emotional wellbeing along with relaxation techniques including meditation. He emphasized that by planning their studies and revision techniques, students can avoid all kinds of stress and come out of examinations with flying colours. Principal of School for Hearing & Speech handicapped students, Roshan Bhan explained the presentation to the Divyang students through sign language.
The students including deaf and dumb were hugely involved and excited during the session that that some students later expressed their own views on the subject. It was really interesting to 'listen' to the views of one deaf and dumb student, Pradeep Kumar of 10th class in his sign language narrated to the audience by Vice Principal of the School Neelam Sharma
President BALGRAN Er. A. K. Khajuria welcomed the guests and its Secretary V K Raina IFS (Retd) conducted the proceeding. Among others who spoke on the occasion included J. K. Vaid, GSI (Retd) General Secretary of CGPWA & SKK and K B Jandial IAS (Retd) President of SKK. Among those who attended the session included President CGPWA, S.S. Wazir, B.K Raina Vice President, CGPWA, Prem Gupta IPS ( Retd), P. P. Sharma IFS(Retd), S.D. Swatantra IFS (Retd), S.C. Sharma IFS ( Retd) Dr. S K Goswami, Er. Vijay Bhagotra, B. B Magotra, Patron of BALGRAN, Er. A.K. Arora, J.K. Gupta and Urmil Arora, Principal Bal Bharti. |
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