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Girl students of more than 40,000 upper primary schools in Uttar Pradesh will learn self-defence techniques under the Mission Shakti programme between March 1 and 31, said Vijay Kiran Anand, Director-General of School Education, Uttar Pradesh.

Keeping in mind the rise in crimes against women in the state, Uttar Pradesh Government plans to prepare the girls from young age so that they are able to tackle all sorts of situation in case there is no help around.

The education department has 10,748 physical education instructors and they have been entrusted with the responsibility to train girl students. The department has made a provision of ₹3,000 per school for the purpose.

The trainers will train their own school and a nearby school as well, said Vijay Kiran Anand in the order issued to all 75 districts of the state. In total, over 40,000 schools wil be covered in the prgramme.

"These classes will help rural students boost their self-confidence and self-esteem. It is time for the girls of Class 6 to 8 to roll up their sleeves. They will learn self-defence techniques from a tender age when one can learn things much faster. Participants will also be given certificates," he added.

Further senior lasses will also be included after tracking the success rate of this initiative with time. The main purpose of self-defence training is that girls can be made physically and mentally self-dependent so that they can any odd situation without being conflicted, he added.

It is important to note Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of crime rate in the country while Maharashtra comes second in the list which has made it necessary for the government to take steps and curb the growing crime rate.

(With inputs from ANI)