Imphal: Hundreds of students flooded the streets today. They marched on the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur, demanding schools start teaching kids about the dangers of narcotics. Members of the Manipuri Students Federation want a drug prevention curriculum added to classes from the fifth grade upward.
The federation claims five years of pleading with officials yielded nothing. They met with the board secretary today, but the meeting brought no firm promises. MSF president Hijam Roshan slammed the state government for its failure to act. He asked the authorities, "Are you letting drugs destroy Manipur’s future?"
Roshan pointed to a 2021 memorandum and a June update sent to the Chief Minister that went ignored. He argues that while police keep busting smugglers, the flow of narcotics into the state remains steady. He insists the drugs are landing in the hands of the youth.
The group wants the government to write, publish, and force schools to teach a curriculum highlighting the mental and physical wreckage caused by drug abuse. They say current enforcement is not enough to save the next generation from addiction.
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