Lok Sabha Question No. 4276 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Guidelines issued by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan for Protection of Women
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4276 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7.1.2019

## GUIDELINES ISSUED BY KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN FOR PROTECTION OF WOMEN

## 4276. PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of guidelines/directions issued by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) in compliance  to  the  directions  issued  by  the  Government  regarding  prohibition  of harassment of women at work places and its general publicity amongst its women workforce;
- (b) whether it is a fact that most of the Regional Offices (ROs) and Schools do not have Internal Complaints Committee;
- (c) if so, the number of ROs and Schools where such committee is yet to be formed and the steps taken/being taken in this regard;
- (d) whether it is a fact that wherever it has been formed the same is not being given wide publicity amongst the workforce and are virtually defunct; and
- (e) if so, the details of the complaints received in this regard during the last one year and measures being taken to make these committees proactive?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a) Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  (KVS)  has  constituted  the  Internal  Complaints Committee (ICC) at KVS (HQ) level regarding prohibition of sexual harassment of women at workplace. The guidelines/ directions in this regard have also been circulated amongst all 25 Regional Offices (ROs) and 05 Zonal Institutes of Educational Training for constitution of the ICCs for its wide publicity on 03.06.2015. They have also been advised to give wide publicity to the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The handbook on sexual harassment of women at workplace and training module on the subject have also been forwarded to them on 27.07.2017.
- (b)  &  (c)  No,  Madam.  The  ICCs  have  been  constituted  in  all  25  ROs  and  Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) barring 8 KVs opened recently. The concerned ROs have issued directions for constitution of such committee in these KVs falling under their respective administrative jurisdiction.
- (d) No,  Madam. Wherever  ICCs  have  been  formed,  the  same  have  been  given  wide publicity amongst the workforce and are functioning proactively.
- (e) The KVS conducts various gender sensitization and awareness programme through training  /  workshop.  ROs  also  issue  directions  from  time  to  time  to  make  the  committees proactive. 13 complaints of sexual harassment have been received during the last one year. The details are annexed.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  4276  FOR  7 th JANUARY,  2019  RAISED  BY  PROF.  PREM  SINGH CHANDUMAJRA,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  REGARDING  GUIDELINES ISSUED BY KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN FOR PROTECTION OF WOMEN.

## DETAIL OF COMPLAINTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT RECEIVED IN KVS / REGIONAL OFFICES DURING LAST ONE YEAR

|   SL. NO. | NAME OF COMPLAINANT & COMPLAINEE                                                                             | NAME OF KV                    | NAME OF RO   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------|
|         1 | Shri Sudhir Tiwari, TGT (Eco.) - Mrs. Bharati Pathak, Contractual TGT (SST).                                 | No. 1 Sector-30, Gandhinagar. | Ahmedabad    |
|         2 | Smt. Samrin Quadric, Principal - Smt. Lata Choudhary, TGT (P&HE).                                            | AFS Jaisalmer                 | Jaipur       |
|         3 | Shri Suresh Kumar Yadav, Principal - Smt. Kusum Lata Meena, PGT (Geog.).                                     | Banswara                      | Jaipur       |
|         4 | Shri Suresh Pal Singh Jayas, PGT (Chem) - Smt. Nisha Singh, PGT (Chem).                                      | No. 2 Chakeri, Kanpur         | Lucknow      |
|         5 | Shri Bachchan Prasad, HM - Mrs. Kiran Sharma, PRT (Music).                                                   | Mau                           | Varanasi     |
|         6 | Shri Uma Kant Tripathi, TGT (Lib) - Mrs. Monika Dhiman, TGT (English).                                       | Nangal Bhur                   | Chandigarh   |
|         7 | Sh. Ravi Prakash Bharti, Junior Secretariat Assistant - Ms. Sheena, Primary teacher                          | Jalalabad                     | Chandigarh   |
|         8 | Sh. Kishore Kumar, Principal - Dr. Kundakali Bhowmick, (Contractual Doctor)                                  | Kharagpur                     | Kolkata      |
|         9 | Sh. K. Murgeshawaran, Principal - Mrs. Khyali Gulati, PRT                                                    | IIT Guwahati                  | Guwahati     |
|        10 | Sh. R.K. Srivastava, Senior Secretariat Assistant - Ms. Tanuja Singh, TGT (Lib) & Ms. Madhulika Kumari, PGT. | Gomoh                         | Ranchi       |
|        11 | Smt. Sandhya Srivasatava, Asstt. Commissioner, KVS, RO Varanasi - Smt. Indu Puri, Principal                  | RO Varanasi                   | Varanasi     |
|        12 | Shri Ranvir Singh, Deputy Commissioner, KVS, RO, Chandigarh - Ms. Indira Mundgal, AC, KVS, RO Chandigarh.    | RO Chandigarh                 | Chandigarh   |
|        13 | Shri Suraj Prasad, Principal - Ms. Nidhi Choudhary, Contractual Teacher.                                     | Sector 25 Rohini              | Delhi        |

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