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Describing the initiative as the need of the hour, Child Rights Trust director Nagasimha G Rao demanded the education department to conduct counselling on a regular basis to motivate and encourage students who hesitate to write SSLC examinations. “The counsellors have to tell the students that the writing examinations are just one part of life, and failing in examinations is not a crime or the end of the world as there are opportunities to attempt them again,’’ he said.
K Naganna Gowda, chairperson of the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR), said he had received complaints from parents. He warned that inadequate holidays could diminish students’ interest in learning and announced plans to issue notices to schools.
Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights members face restrictions on the number of tours they can undertake. A member cannot take more than 10 hours to visit five
districts in a month. This limitation poses challenges when child rights violations occur after completing the allotted tours for the month