India, Jan. 5 -- The Tripura government announced on Saturday that it is considering the inclusion of road safety, consumer protection, and drug abuse in the school curriculum. To raise awareness about these issues, quiz competitions are being organised across the state this month.

"Proposals on the issue have come to us. I have taken note of it, and I shall discuss it with the chief minister (Manik Saha). While we can't implement it for NCERT (national council of educational research and training), we will explore whether it can be done for SCERT (state council of educational research and training)," Sushanta Chowdhury, food, civil supplies and consumer affairs minister, said on Saturday.

Quiz competitions on the three topics-road safe...