Kohima, September 3 (MExN): Kohima District Legal Services Authority (KDLSA) celebrated Pre-Teachers Day at Government Middle School Midland, Kohima and also conducted legal awareness programme with the teachers and students on September 2.
Mezivolu T. Therieh, Chief Judicial Magistrate and Secretary, KDLSA highlighted the importance of Legal Services and various activities carried out by the Legal Services Authority such as Lok Adalat, providing free Legal Assistance to the needy and the poor and also gave legal aid counsel to those accused persons who could not able to afford a lawyer. She also added that the main objective of the program is to sensitized about the legal rights that has been provided by the Constitution of India and it is the basic Fundamental Rights of every citizen of India.
Panel Lawyer Apila Sangtam spoke on the topic ‘Child Rights’ she highlighted some of the provisions available to promote Child Rights like Right to Survival, Right to Development, Juvenile Justice Act, POSCO Act and Child Labour Act etc. She further stated that Human Rights of Children with particular attention to the rights of Special Protection and Care, therefore Child Rights should be afforded to all people below the age of 18 years regardless of race, colour, gender, language birth status or ability.
Panel Lawyer Hisinlo Himb, spoke on the topic ‘Right to Education’. He stated that the right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act was passed by the Indian Parliament on August 4, 2009. Under these Act it provides Free and Compulsory Education to every children at the aged group of 6-14 years of age. The Act provides that a child above 6 years of age who has not been admitted in any school or though admitted, could not complete his elementary education, is entitled to be admitted to an avail free education till completion of elementary education even after 14 years of age. It also lays down the norms and standards of pupil teacher ratio i.e. one teacher for 30 (thirty) students (for Class-I to V) and one teacher for 35 students (for Class VI-VIII) at the minimum number of working days i.e. 200 working days (for Class I to V) and 220 working days (for Class VI to VIII).
The programme ended up with quiz and a documentary show on Child Rights to Education.
