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Chandigarh, Jan 28 2022
The NSS Units of the Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh organised a webinar titled ‘Education for Girls: the Road to Empowerment’ under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme as part of the weeklong celebration of National Girl Child Day.
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The speaker for the webinar was Ms. Neena Sharma, Head, Post Graduate Department of English at the college. More than 65 volunteers of different streams attended the webinar during which Ms. Neena expressed her views on education for girls from the global perspective and gender-based polarisation of education. She gave statistical preview of the Chandigarh school education scenario and shared with the participants the probable causes for the gender disparity in education. Stressing on the need for socio-political interventions, Ms. Neena highlighted various government schemes related to education incentives for girls. The participants found the interactive webinar highly informative.
Principal Dr. Nisha Bhargava expressed appreciation for the NSS endeavour to educate the volunteers about the role of a girl’s education in societal development. She added that there is a dire need to encourage youth to reach out to the community through such awareness initiatives.
