Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala authorities will create consciousness amongst college college students in opposition to physique shaming and can think about making it a part of the training curriculum, State Normal Training Minister V Sivankutty mentioned on Sunday. The minister mentioned physique shaming was a heinous act and there are lots of who’ve misplaced sanity, being victims of it.
In a Fb publish, Sivankutty mentioned somebody had commented on his picture asking him to cut back his tummy.
“I had replied saying that physique shaming is a heinous act. It doesn’t matter what the reason is, physique shaming phrases are the worst. It’s mentioned as if in a loving method. This occurs in our society on many ranges. There are various amongst us who’ve misplaced our sanity, being victims of physique shaming,” Sivankutty mentioned.
He shared the expertise of one in every of his pal’s brother, a faculty pupil, who needed to face discrimination as a result of his color. The boy later complained to the lecturers after which the opposite college students turned in opposition to him. The minister mentioned the boy needed to change faculties and suffered plenty of trauma.
“I repeat, we must always finish physique shaming. Let’s be trendy folks,” the minister mentioned.
“Let’s talk about how such consciousness may be made part of the training curriculum. Concurrently, let’s talk about find out how to take care of such conditions throughout lecturers’ coaching programmes,” Sivankutty mentioned.
The minister, in his Fb publish, mentioned he’ll discuss to the boy who confronted discrimination and can ask his household to provide him confidence. He underlined that it is not one’s color or wealth that issues however beliefs like goodness of coronary heart.”