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The Commissioner for School Education issued a circular on May 18 to deputy directors and block education officers, instructing them to ensure all schools follow the reopening norms after the summer vacation. The Commissioner declared summer holidays for schools from April 14 to May 28, 2024.
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.
In a reply to an RTI application submitted by Ajay Merchant of Bengaluru, the Chief Public Information Officer of NCPCR said that a child has a right to transfer to any school. “Under the RTE Act 2009, no school can refuse to provide TC to children falling under the category as laid down in the Act.
Meanwhile, child rights activists have welcomed the CM’s directive to the Chief Secretary to form a task force with various departments to ensure the effective implementation of various acts aimed at children’s welfare. “I want the government to ensure the functioning of various committees formed for the welfare of children and to create awareness on the POCSO Act. Arrangements have to be made for counselling for children at the school level. Care should be taken to avoid embarrassment to the adolescent girls who are pregnant,” said Nagasimha G Rao of Child Rights Trust.