Provisions exist in laws for the
protection of children both within and outside schools. These include:
(i) The Right of Children to Free
and Compulsory Education Act, 2009: Section 17 of the Act provides that no
child shall be subjected to physical punishment or mental harassment and
whoever contravenes the provision shall be liable to disciplinary action. The
States have notified Government orders prohibiting corporal punishment in
schools. The National Commission for Protection of Children (NCPCR) has also
issued guidelines on corporal punishment in August 2007 and again in May 2009
and March 2012. NCPCR also takes up complaints of violations of children’s
right to protection in schools and outside the schools with the concerned
authorities of the State Governments and UT Administrations from time to time
for remedial measures.
(ii) The Juvenile Justice (Care
and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: Section 23 of the Act provides that
whoever, having the actual charge of or control over, a child, assaults, abandons,
exposes or willfully neglects the child or causes or procures him to be
assaulted, abandoned, exposed or neglected in a manner likely to cause such
child unnecessary mental or physical suffering shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may be extended to six months, or fine or with
both.
(iii) The Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences, 2012: The Act penalizes management or staff of an
educational institution with higher punishment for committing sexual offences
against children. The law helps in prevention of an offence, thereby protecting
a child from sexual abuse.
(iv) The Right of Children to
Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, prescribes norms and standards for a
school. As per the latest figures available under the District Information
System for Education (DISE) 2010-11, 80.87% schools have separate toilets for
girls.
This was stated by Smt. Krishna
Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development in a written reply to the
Rajya Sabha today.
Source :
PIB, August 23, 2012
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