New Delhi,
Sep 12: Alarmed at the seriousness of incidents of child abuse in schools,
the Union Ministries of Women and Child Development and Human Resource
Development will hold a high-level meeting here tomorrow. The meeting will be
co-chaired by WCD minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi and HRD minister Prakash
Javadekar. Officials of the two ministries, National Commission for Protection
of Child Rights, CBSE, NCERT, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan among others will
participate in the meeting. Ms Gandhi stated that the basic objective of the
meeting of the two ministries was to develop a set of guidelines and protocols
which schools must follow so that the children remain protected from any kind
of abuse or physical/mental harm. Ms Gandhi in a telephonic discussion
requested Mr Javadekar to consider suggestions like having women employees as
the support staff and bus drivers/conductors in the schools, screening of
educational films on child sexual abuse in the schools, popularising POCSO
e-Box and Childline 1098 through NCERT publications and having strict norms for
employing the support staff. She has also given the suggestions in her letter
to the HRD Minister, an official release here said. The WCD ministry has
already started its outreach campaign for protection of children through
electronic as well as social media. The WCD Minister further stated that the
parents, guardians and teachers should remain vigilant about the children as
well as their behaviour and any suspected situation should be reported immediately
on the Childline No.1098 and the POCSO e-Box. Link of the POCSO e-Box is given
below: Link: http://www.ncpcr.gov.in/user_complaints.php UNI
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