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Friday, December 24, 2010

NATIONAL CONSUMER DAY

NATIONAL CONSUMER DAY OBSERVED



Picture: S.Ashar Ali / S. Ahmad | ABPS NEWS
Mahtab Ahmad | ABPS NEWS

Al-Barkaat, 24 December:

The National Consumer Day was observed by holding consumer awareness campaign competition for Class XI Commerce at Al-Barkaat Public school. Students displayed the dealings at different shops enacting the role of unaware customers and how they are duped by the shopkeepers. Interestingly, a consumer court was also set up giving the verdict in favour of innocent customers. Under the consumer protection Act 1986 various rights such as Right to be protected, Right to be informed, Right to be heard, Right to seek redressal and right to consumer education were elaborated. The children interpreted some responsibilities such as to check MRP and bill, to buy ISI, Agmark products, to assess quality of product and seek assistance from the consumer forum etc.  Deepti Dixit, Nazish Khan, Ramsa Jaan, Sumaiya Parveen and Neha Nazreen stood first in the competition. Sifat Khan, Nikhat Fatima, Zeba Choudhary, Muzzah, Heera Khan and Iram Khan bagged the second prize. Askari Hussain ,Asad Kalam, Ahmad Nabeel  M.Faizan, Labeeb Ahmad and  Afzal Imam were adjudged the Third. The Consolation prize was won by M.Muteeb, Shakti Varshney, M.Shaquib, Shahab Khan and Kamil Khan. Dr. F.U Siddiqui Co-ordinator ABEIs paid a guest visit. Principal Mrs Sabiha Khan and PGT (Geography) Miss Rehana were the judges of the competition. Miss Sadaf Sabir, Miss Nazia Kausar and Mr. Shoeb hosted the event.

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