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| First lady for universalization of elementary education | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU JANUARY 17- Mrs. Usha Vohra, the first lady of the State has underlined the importance of universalization of primary education, especially among girls for their allround development and promising future.
Mrs. Vohra, who is also President of Association for Social Health in India (ASHI) J&K branch was speaking at an awareness camp, organized by ASHI at Simblehar in Jagati here today.
Mrs. Usha said that education develops confidence in girls and enables them to embark into varied socio-economic activities with strong will and full devltion. She stressed on containing dropout rate among girls.
The camp aimed at generating awareness regarding education, health and income generating sources.
During the camp experts delivered lectures on Yoga, child care, family planning and awareness was imparted regarding various social welfare schemes and formation of self-help groups to augment the income of the people of the village, rights of women and children, legal aid, short stay homes for needy women being run by ASHI.
Shawls, cash incentives and food grains were distributed among the villagers, on the occasion. A health camp was also organized by the Directorate of Health Services, Jammu.
Present on the occasion were Mrs. Sushma Chowdhary-Vice President ASHI, Mrs. Kailash Rajput-Secretary ASHI, Mrs. Seema Khajuria Shekhar-Joint Secretary ASHI among others.
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