Mangalore, January 5: Nearly 600 students of Captianio High School (Aided) took out an awareness rally on “Prohibition o Tobacco and Smoking” here on Thursday raising slogans and displaying placards against the use of tobacco products.
The rally commenced from the school premises in Nagori and traversed through Pumpwell Circle and Karavali Circle before returning to the school premises.
The rally was preceded by a small function which began with prayers by the students of Capitanio school. Udaya, executive of Manipal Life Skills, the organizers of the event, delivered a welcome speech.
Praveen U.M., manager, training – Edumedia India Pvt. Limited Bangalore gave an overview of the activities of the Manipal Life Skills.
Philomena Lobo, Joint Director of Public Instruction Department, Bhaskar Chandra Shetty, Corporator, Kankanady Ward, Moses Jayashekhar, DDPI, Public Instruction Department, Mangalore were the chief guests.
Muniswami Neelakanta, Sub Inspector, Rural Police Station, Kankanady, spoke on safety measures. Rajesh, executive of Manipal Life Skills proposed a vote of thanks.
Manipal Life Skills is a joint initiative by the Manipal Foundation and Edumedia India Pvt. Ltd, which seeks to impart value-aided education across 48 Government and Government-aided Schools from Mangalore Taluk, Mangalore City and Bantwal Taluk.
The organization holds similar programmes on a fortnightly basis in different schools as part of the project, which commenced in August last year.
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