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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Push for safety in schools

Push for safety in schools

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published Published on Sep 19, 2017   modified Modified on Sep 19, 2017
-The Telegraph

New Delhi: Women and child development (WCD) minister Maneka Gandhi today suggested spreading awareness among schoolchildren so that they can complain about sexual harassment under a central law.

Maneka made the suggestions in a meeting with HRD minister Prakash Javadekar held against the backdrop of the murder of a seven-year-old boy in Gurgaon's Ryan International School. The two leaders discussed several measures, including sensitising children to file complaints under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has started a POCSO e-box where a child can file a complaint. A 2007 survey by the WCD ministry had found 53 per cent of the children admitting to having faced some form of sexual abuse.

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), the national body for publication of school textbooks, has decided to include lessons on how children can protect themselves from sexual harassment and inappropriate touch.

In her meeting with Javadekar, Maneka suggested that schoolchildren be shown Komal, an animation film on child sexual abuse, and more women teachers be appointed in the government schools' primary sections. HRD ministry sources said guidelines on this may be issued soon.

Maneka also suggested getting schools to ensure female teachers accompany kids in school buses till the last child is dropped. "I have suggested some proposals. A committee of six secretaries will be set up to work out their implementation in a time-bound manner," Maneka told reporters after the meeting.

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The Telegraph, 19 September, 2017, https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170919/jsp/nation/story_173954.jsp


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