Function held GHS Sami in Khairpur to mark World Children's Day
Irfan Ali
Speakers at
a function said that the state, society and educational institutions should
ensure protection of the children’s rights within their respective domain.
The Sindh
Rural Support Organization (SRSO) in collaboration with Education Department
organized the function in connection with World Children Day at Government High
School Sami, Khairpur on Wednesday.
SRSO
decorated the schools with charts and banners inscribed with slogans for
promotion of child rights.
The
schoolchildren presented songs, speeches, naats and tableaus highlighting child
rights and got applause from the audience on the occasion.
The speakers said that children were the real asset and if their rights were protected the nation would be protected.
They said
children had the right to life, education, health and food.
They said boys and girls were equal in the eyes of Islam and they both should be given equal opportunity to grow and progress.
District
Education Officer Khairpur, Senior Manager SRSO-USAID Schools project
Naimatullah Shaikh and others addressed the occasion.
