Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Saikripa, 289, PTP Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram 695 038, Kerala || T: 0471-2361026 || E: tobaccofreekerala@gmail.com ||
Shri Mahesh Guptan, Senior Reporter, Malayala Manorama and Member, State Committee, Our Responsibility to Children; Dr Sunil Raj, Clinical Psychologist, Sree Chitra Tirunal Hospital and Shri Ratheesh SK, Child Line made subject-specific presentations. Panel experts Dr Remani Wesley, Prof and Head of Department, Community Oncology Division, Regional Cancer Centre; Shri TK Raju, District Health Officer and Shri KR Biju, Circle Inspector of Police, Coastal Police Station also spoke. Participants raised wide-ranging queries such as action to be taken in case of finding tobacco and other narcotic substances in and around schools, and the measures to be adopted while using social media. The School Protection Groups (SPGs) are a multi-member body with representation of students, teachers, parents associations, police, ward councillors and merchant bodies, to name some. The SPGs are functional in around 3,000 schools of Kerala including 128 schools in Trivandrum city. Ends
Saikripa, 289, PTP Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram 695 038, Kerala || T: 0471-2361026 || E: tobaccofreekerala@gmail.com ||