Panvel: Members of Medical Student’s Association of India (MSAI) along with Heart Foundation, NGO, conducted a seminar on road safety in Shantiniketan Public School, New Panvel on 31st January, 2017 with an aim to spread awareness on road safety measures, rules and regulations amongst children.
Around 100 students of 6th and 7th standards attended the seminar which was conducted by the third year medical students of MGM Medical College, Kamothe- Vasvi Sharma, Monisha Mohanan and Jyoti Sravya along with Dr. Jayakar Ellis, President, Heart Foundation.
While stressing on the importance of following road safety rules Dr. Jayakar Ellis said: “People need to be responsible for their own safety. Unless that happens, the road accident rate is unlikely to come down. It is important to inculcate road safety rules right from childhood.”
“Students are the best messengers to spread road safety awareness in the society. This is the reason why we decided to conduct a seminar for students of this age group,” said Vasvi and Jyoti.
The students were taught on how to be safe, follow traffic rules through Power Point presentations, charts and placards.
Appreciating this initiative, Mrs. Swati Roy, Principal, Shantiniketan Public School said, “The role of student in Road safety is very important and we are so elated to have this type of training for our students. We also assure that we will continue to teach the other students in our school too”.
The students too expressed happiness and vowed not only to follow traffic discipline themselves, but also spread awareness about rules and regulations to others in the society.
