On this occasion youth from across the country can share suggestions and innovative ideas for the speech of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister may incorporate certain suggestions in his speech, the release issued by the Prime Minister said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and address the 25th National Youth Festival on January 12 on the occasion of 159th birth anniversary of “SWAMI VIVEKANANDA”.
The festival aims to ignite and fuel the minds of millennials and build a Youth-Led Post-CORONA-19 & OMICRON template and most importantly, create an authentic Indian leadership strategy for the world. Youth representing every district of India will participate in this event, the objective of the National Youth Festival is to inspire, ignite, mobilize and energize young citizens towards nation-building, so as to realize the true potential of our demographic dividend be exposed.
A National Youth Summit will be organized on 13 January 2022 which aims to integrate the diverse cultures of India into a united thread of “EK BHARAT, SHRESHTHA BHARAT” through a comprehensive and interactive approach. The Idea Exchange Youth Summit session will be held with domestic and global icons and experts to disseminate knowledge and shape intelligence.
Nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever possible:
Henrietta Fore, executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund, said the CORONA-19 & CORONA-19 pandemic has left children out of school around the world and 2022 may not be another year of disruption to education. According to Henrietta Fore, prolonged school closures have eroded decades of progress in education and a shadow epidemic of child labour, child marriage and mental health issues has taken hold.
Nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever possible. When CORONA-19 & OMICRON community transmission increases and stringent public health measures become a necessity, schools should be the last place to close and first to reopen, – UNICEF said.
School closure will be disastrous for children:
Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that continued closure of schools would cause irreversible learning loss for a generation of young children. Keeping schools open should be a priority and it can be done safely, – said Ms Swaminathan.
H. Fore said that amid Omicron fears, a new form of worry, another wave of widespread school closures would be devastating for children.
The evidence is clear, prolonged, nationwide school closures; Limited resources for students, teachers and parents; And the lack of access to distance education has eroded decades of progress in education and made childhood unrecognizable. The shadow epidemic of child labour, child marriage and mental health issues has taken hold, – Ms Fore said.
Beyond the lost education, children have also lost the security of school, daily personal interactions with friends, access to health care, and often, their only nutritious meal of the day. This generation of school children could collectively lose USD 17.3 trillion in potential lifetime earnings. We know that mitigation measures are effective in schools. We must use this knowledge to make every effort to keep schools open, – she said.
