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Jharkhand to execute pilot project for helping school students to quit tobacco- Education News

The school education and literacy department of Jharkhand has decided to execute a pilot project in some schools to make students give up tobacco use for good, as reported by an official on Saturday.

This was decided following the publication of a survey report which says that 5.1 per cent of teenagers in the age group of 13-15 years in the state are using tobacco in any form. Ten schools, including five government and five private institutions, in each of four districts will be developed as model tobacco-free institutions, the official said. After successful implementation of the project, the model will be later replicated in all the schools. The Socio Economic and Educational Development Society (SEEDS) Executive Director Deepak Mishra said “As per recently released Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS 2019), in Jharkhand 5.1 per cent young children in the age group of 13-15 years are using tobacco in any form. It is high time to protect our future generation to get trapped in tobacco use.”

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