Awareness Programme on Rights of Children, (for students of the Kalinga English Medium School on 18th November 2022 by Centre for Child Rights, NLUO)

On the occasion of the upcoming World Children’s Day on 20th November, Centre for Child Rights (NLUO) conducted an awareness programme on “Convention on Rights of Children, 1989” for students of The Kalinga English Medium School, Kalarabank, Odisha on 18th November, 2022. The participants of the programme consisted of students of sixth standard. This was the very first time that students of the school were made aware of the rights of children.

As part of the programme, the students were made aware of the definition of child; needs and rights of children. Discussion was done on various rights enshrined in the Convention of Rights of Children, 1989 such as right to survival, right to protection, right to participation and right to development. The students were also made aware of the respective guiding principles for rights of children.