ITANAGAR, Jan 19: A Legal Literacy cum Training Workshop for the Gaon Burahs and Burihs of East Siang was organized by the Arunachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (APSLSA) and the Department of Justice  (DoJ) of the Union Law & Justice Ministry today at District & Sessions Court Complex, Pasighat. The workshop which was organized under the banner “Training of Trainers” (TOT) is part of the ongoing collaborative effort between the APSLSA and DoJ - “Synergy between Customary Practices of the Traditional Village Council System and Formal Laws of India” - to directly educate and sensitize 500 GBs of the state on various Legal Acts and schemes of public importance and thousands of ordinary citizens indirectly through them (GBs). 
The TOT initiative is an experimental approach, in which Gaon Burahs and Burihs were identified and coached as Trainers, who then were asked to train their colleagues in a Group Discussion  Style Workshop as relevant to their roles as Head of the Traditional Village Council.
 Two GBs, Smt. Bobita Bori and Shri Tapir Tamut of Oyan Village of East Siang were appointed as the Trainers of the programme who led the discussion on The Arunachal Pradesh Civils Court Act 2021 and the amendments the Act had brought to the Assam Frontier (Administration of Justice) Regulation, 1945. In-depth discussions were held amongst the participants and the Trainers, which was moderated by veteran Advocate, Tonning Pertin who also spoke on the evolution of the GB Institution in context of the Assam Frontier (Administration of Justice) Regulation, 1945 during the discussions.
The Training Workshop was followed by a Legal Awareness Programme for which a host of learned Speakers - Subject Experts including Budi Habung, District & Sessions Court Judge; Jaweplu Chai, Member Secretary, APSLA; and others were invited to speak on various Acts, Legal schemes and entitlements. The Legal Awareness segment was also attended by a coterie of Self Help Groups and other members of civil society. 
A brief segment to create awareness and appreciation for National Girl Child Day which is observed on the 24th of January every year was also scheduled during the programme. The session headed by Smt. Machi Gao, Deputy Director ICDS, East Siang.
Tayi Tagu, DC East Siang;  Sumit Kr. Jha, SP East Siang and Ashutosh Shrivastava from the Department of Justice, New Delhi also participated in the programme remotely via video conferencing.

 

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