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Section of the participants during the one day adolescent girls awareness programme organised by RMSA in Dimapur on April 3. (EM Images)[/caption]
Dimapur, April 3 (EMN): Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), District Education Mission Office, Dimapur, organised a one day adolescent girls’ awareness programme for teachers on April 3 at UBRC hall, Nagarjan (Kuda village), Dimapur, with Dr. T Achila Lepden, GDMO Youth Friendly Clinic, District Hospital Dimapur, as the resource person.
Adolescent period is characterised by rapid growth and many girls do not seek help during this period because of embarrassment but as a service provider, we need to understand how to impart education, conveyed Dr. Lepden to the teachers.
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Resource person Dr. T Achila Lepden, GDMO Youth Friendly Clinic District Hospital Dimapur, addressing the one day adolescent girls’ awareness programme. (EM Images)[/caption]
Emphasising on the importance of adolescent girls’ awareness, Dr. Lepden remarked that 50% girls get married by 18 years, while 40% starts taking drugs at this period, and 35% of new HIV infected cases are reported. She stated that in India anaemia is widely prevalent mainly due to lack of awareness.
“Persons between the age group of 10-19 years are called adolescents, a confused period in which girls experience a change. It is a period of rapid physical, psychological and social maturation,” explained the expert.
The intention of the programme was to address issues regarding the process of physical and psychological changes due to hormonal changes in which adolescent girls are in a situation where she needs to know about the changes in the body. Since parents may not be able to give accurate information due to lack of education, this can be effectively carried out by schools and teachers. This was said by Limayangla, Head Mistress attached to DEO office, Dimapur.
Adolescent girls’ awareness programme organised by RMSA on Monday is the first in Nagaland aimed at helping children come to terms with physiological and mental changes through teachers who should be the facilitator to impart education on such concern, conveyed Limayangla to the teachers.
The programme was chaired by Aseno Yanthan, District Co-ordinator RMSA, and the invocation was pronounced by HM Nihoto.
