Kohima, April 5 (MExN): The Nagaland Board of Faculty Schooling (NBSE), in compliance with a directive from the Narcotic Management Bureau below the Ministry of Residence Affairs, has instructed all instructional establishments to “formally declare” their premises and the encircling areas inside a radius of 500 meters as “Drug-Free Zones.”
To successfully implement the directive, all colleges have been directed to show signboards and consciousness supplies prominently at entry and exit factors and inside the campus. The NBSE has additionally requested establishments to facilitate screening and voluntary testing of scholars and employees in coordination with authorised well being departments, in a phased method earlier than entry into the establishment, “making certain confidentiality and respect for particular person dignity.”
Colleges should present entry to skilled counselling for these recognized as at “danger or affected” by drug use, and facilitate well timed referral to acceptable rehabilitation providers with a give attention to prevention and assist somewhat than punitive measures. Common consciousness programmes, workshops, and campaigns on the dangerous results of drug abuse are to be carried out for college students, lecturers and employees.
A chosen committee shall be shaped in every establishment to observe compliance and report progress periodically to the involved authorities. The NBSE has requested all heads of establishments to make sure strict compliance with the rules and take proactive steps to create a protected, wholesome and drug-free instructional surroundings. “This can be handled as pressing and of excessive precedence,” the notification added.
