Students from government schools in the Capital gathered at the Central Park in Connaught Place on Thursday to pay homage to students killed in a terror attack in Peshawar Army Public School.
Around 1000 students from NDMC schools and other government schools that fall under the Directorate of Education took part in the condolence meet held in front of the monumental flag inside Central Park.
The students observed two minutes of silence and lit candles in memory of the children who were killed in the brutal attack. NDMC had also arranged flower pots with 132 white flowers as homage to the children who died in the attack.
Neha (12), a student from NDMC School Havlock Square said: “We are here to pay homage to the students who lost their lives in Pakistan. We pray to God that their souls rest in peace.”
Another student, Nagma (13) said: “What happened in Pakistan was a horrid incident. So many children who were our age or maybe younger than us died in the attack. I pray that nothing like that ever happens again in any part of the world.”
After the attack in Pakistan, schools in Delhi have started teaching children ways to tackle situations of emergency including a terror attack.
Kanwaljeet Kaur, an education officer said: “After what happened in Pakistan, it has become important for us to teach students ways to deal with emergencies. Hence from Wednesday, we have started giving special counselling sessions to children where we are teaching them everything from contacting police in an emergency to ways to escape.”
“We learnt that it is important to first make yourself secure in case of an attack. Then, if it is possible we should try to thwart the attacker,” said Arti, one of the students who had gathered there.
“Though it is not possible to thwart a terror attack, we can at least train the children to make themselves safe by adopting some intelligent methods in the event of such attacks taking place,” said safety instructor Devender Pant.
