{"id":17513,"date":"2024-01-03T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T06:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/03\/students-of-odisha-universities-colleges-to-sign-anti-drug-declaration-at-time-of-admission-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-01-03T06:30:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T06:30:23","slug":"students-of-odisha-universities-colleges-to-sign-anti-drug-declaration-at-time-of-admission-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/03\/students-of-odisha-universities-colleges-to-sign-anti-drug-declaration-at-time-of-admission-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Students of Odisha universities, colleges to sign anti-drug declaration at time of admission &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bhubaneswar: In a major step towards making campuses of higher educational institutions in Odisha drugs-free, the State Government has decided that students will have to sign anti-drug declaration forms at the time of admissions into colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<p>Bishnupada Sethi, Principal Secretary to Government, has written a letter in this regard to the School &amp; Mass Education Department, Higher Education Department, Skill Development &amp; Technical Education Department, and Health Department.<\/p>\n<p>The form has been <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">devised by the Ministry of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Ministry of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment has communicated a D.O letter regarding implementation of Nasha Mukta Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) for Drug Demand Reduction in the country. The students and youth are particularly vulnerable to the menace of substance use. More than 3.3 crore youth have participated in the activities organized under NMBA and have spread the message against substance use. A joint meeting was organized on 30.05.2023 and chaired by Secretaries of both Departments i.e., Higher Education and Social Justice and Empowerment, and the action points for higher educational institutions were decided,\u201d the official said in the letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAn Anti-Drug Declaration form devised by the Ministry is to be signed by the students at the time of admission,\u201d the official concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As per the declaration, the students \u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shall refrain from using, being under the influence of, possessing, furnishing, distributing, selling or conspiring to sell or possess, or being in the chain of sale or distribution of alcohol\/ tobacco\/ any psychoactive substances within the premises of the institute\/ university or during any sponsored activities by the institute\/ university\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Below is a copy of the form.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Bhubaneswar: In a major step towards making campuses of higher educational institutions in Odisha drugs-free, the State Government has decided that students will have to sign anti-drug declaration forms at the time of admissions into colleges and universities. 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