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Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) Taranjit Singh Sandhu has ordered a broad audit of schools successful the Capital to measure if they are complying with the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, according to a connection issued by his bureau connected Wednesday.
At a reappraisal gathering attended by elder officials from Delhi Police and the Departments of Women and Child Development, Education and Transport connected Tuesday, Mr. Sandhu directed authorities to place gaps successful the implementation of kid extortion norms and instrumentality enactment against institutions violating guidelines.
The Education Department has been asked to guarantee strict compliance with POCSO provisions, and each schoolhouse has been directed to support a dedicated Child Protection Committee that meets regularly to show safety-related issues, a connection read.
‘Zero tolerance’
To amended information astir acquisition institutions, the L-G directed the constabulary to guarantee a disposable beingness adjacent schools and large pupil hubs.
He emphasised a “zero-tolerance approach” towards harassment and molestation of women and children.
Mr. Sandhu besides instructed the constabulary to guarantee each women constabulary stations grip complaints and cases related to crimes against women and children to alteration much delicate and businesslike effect mechanisms. Authorities were instructed to observe July arsenic the ‘Child Protection Month’ and behaviour a month-long consciousness campaign, including grooming programmes for teachers, schoolhouse staff, and parents connected kid extortion measures.
