Delhi Dy CM Sisodia emphasises need to instill confidence in children

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday emphasised the need to instil confidence in children, saying we should have faith in children’s ability to succeed and encourage them to fulfil all their dreams.
Sisodia was delivering a keynote address at the launch of the second issue of ‘Children First’ journal by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR).
“The biggest drawback of our education system is that we do not have faith in our children’s ability to succeed. The question is not what we write in the National Education Policy (NEP), but how we interact with our children in the classrooms and at homes. That shows that our lack of faith in them,” he said.
We deter our children by asking them to dream within their limits whenever they share their aspiration of becoming an IAS officer, a Supreme Court Judge or a sportsperson, Sisodia , who also holds the education portfolio in the national capital, said.
“Today, a child from a poor household can become the president. Similarly, every girl can fulfil her dream. But we have broken her confidence, which we need to instil,” he said.
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