RANGPUR: Arranging more extracurricular activities for the adolescents and children in primary, junior and high schools along with their regular studies has become imperative to properly flourish their latent talent, reports BSS.
Speakers expressed the view at inaugural ceremony of the two-day Children Fair-2017 organised by Nilphamari District Information Office (DIO) on the ‘Unmukto Manacha’ ground in Nilphamari district town today.
The district administration has been extending assistance in organising the fair under the ‘Communication Programmes for Children and Women Development’ of the Department of Mass Communications under the Ministry of Information.
Deputy Commissioner of Nilphamari Zakir Hossain attended the opeing ceremony as the chief guest and inaugurated the fair with Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sheikh Muhammad Belayet Hossain in the chair.
Zila Parishad Chairman of Nilphamari Joynal Abedin, Nilphamari municipality Mayor Dewan Kamal Ahmed, District Education Officer Shafikul Islam and District Children Affairs Officer Mostaq Ahmed, addressed as the special guests. Earlier, a colourful rally, participated by officials, students, teachers, political leaders, officials and employees, sociocultural and NGO activists, guardians and common people, was brought out in the streets of the district town.
District Information Officer of Nilphamari Mozammel Haque delivered welcome speech narrating the awareness building objectives of the fair where different schools and service providing government and nongovernment organisations have set up 28 stalls.
“Debate and drawing competitions for children and adolescents, discussions and screening of documentary films for the children are being organised in the fair that will conclude through prize giving ceremony tomorrow,” he said.
The speakers said the children should be provided with quality education and all basic needs irrespective of their socioeconomic status to ensure their human rights to make them worthy citizens so that they could properly lead the nation in future.