{"id":76997,"date":"2019-08-27T01:22:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T19:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=76997"},"modified":"2019-08-27T01:22:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T19:52:34","slug":"schoolgirls-undergo-self-defence-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/08\/27\/schoolgirls-undergo-self-defence-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Schoolgirls undergo self-defence training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PASIGHAT, Aug 26:<\/strong> One hundred schoolgirls participated in a three-day self-defence training programme organised here in East Siang district by the education department recently.<br \/>\n&#8220;Teaching self-defence to girls in schools is the need of the hour,&#8221; Food Commissioner Nanom Jamoh said, addressing the students on Monday.<br \/>\nShe said learning self-defence techniques could help the girl students &#8220;escape from difficult situations, apart from making them mentally strong and confident.&#8221;<br \/>\nEducationist Bormoti Dai described the self-defence training programme as &#8220;a unique initiative of the education department, aiming at empowering girls through comprehensive awareness and practical training.&#8221;<br \/>\nEarlier, Deputy Commissioner Kinny Singh spoke about the benefits of such training.<br \/>\n&#8220;If we equip girls with these skills, they will be able to protect themselves and avert awkward situations. It would also send a strong message to abusers that the girls can protect themselves,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\nSingh also called for incorporating sports, physical activities and self-defence training in school curricula.<br \/>\nDDSE J Yirang, DIET Principal Biren Dutta and ICDS DD PE Angu spoke. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PASIGHAT, Aug 26: One hundred schoolgirls participated in a three-day self-defence training programme organised here in East Siang district by the education department recently. &#8220;Teaching self-defence to girls in schools is the need of the hour,&#8221; Food Commissioner Nanom Jamoh said, addressing the students on Monday. She said learning self-defence techniques could help the girl [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-76997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}