Prime Minister to address gathering of two lakh women in Kerala on January 2
The Hindu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mass gathering of two lakh women in Kerala
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mass gathering of two lakh women from various walks of life here on January 2.
The meeting has been titled ‘Sthree Shakthi Samgamam’ and is organised by the Kerala unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party to congratulate Mr. Modi for successfully passing the Women’s Reservation Bill in both houses of Parliament, party State chief K. Surendran said on Friday.
This event will be the first of its kind, not only at the State-level but also nationally, following the historic passage of the Bill, Mr. Surendran told reporters.
Women from diverse backgrounds, including Anganwadi teachers, ASHA workers, entrepreneurs, MGNREGA and neighbourhood network workers, and social and cultural activists will participate in the event at the Thekkinkadu ground here.
“The Prime Minister will participate in the programme, and the objective is to showcase Kerala’s greetings to the PM under whose leadership the Women’s Reservation Bill had been passed,” he said.
In response to a question, Mr. Surendran mentioned that during his visit, the Prime Minister would participate only in this programme.
Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.