Lok Sabha Question No. 3323 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Implementation of NCPCR Manual in Schools
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 3323

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2022

## IMPLEMENTATION OF NCPCR MANUAL IN SCHOOLS

## 3323.   SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state?

- (a) the statistics of violence against children in schools  during the last five years, State/UTwise and gender-wise; and
- (b) the  implementation   status  of  National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights (NCPCR) manual on safety and security of children in schools?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) As per the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) no such data is available. Also as per the  information  provided  by  the  Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy,  education  is  a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution, hence safety and security of the children in school comes under the purview of the respective State Government and UT Administration.  'Police' and 'Public Order' are State  Subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and the responsibility to maintain law and order, protection of life and property  of  the  citizens  including  crime  against  children,  rests  with  the  respective  State Government  and  UT  administration.  Therefore,  no  such  information  is  maintained  in  the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education.
- (b) As per the information received from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), it had circulated the Manual on Safety and Security of Children in Schools to the concerned Ministries / Departments / Institutions and other Stakeholders on 15 th February, 2019. The NCPCR has also conducted 9 State level Workshops on 'Manual on Safety and Security  of  Children  in  Schools' in  9  States/UTs  during  2019-20;  and  40  District  level workshops in 28 States/UTs during the years 2018-19, 2020-21 and 2021-22.

Further, the Guidelines for fixing accountability of the School Management in the matter of 'Safety    and Security of Children' studying in Government, Government-aided and Private Schools,  were  developed  by  the  Ministry  of  Education  (MoE).  The  guidelines  detail  the accountability  of  various  stakeholders  and  different  departments  in  ensuring  the  safety  and security of children in schools.

As per the provisions in the Accountability Framework: In the school education system School Management, Principal, Head of School, Teacher, local administration supervising the government / government - aided school (particularly with reference to safe infrastructure, mock drills,  training,  etc.)  are  accountable  both  for  ensuring  the  safety  and  security  of  children  in schools, and for any non-adherence to the safety Guidelines (such as the NCPCR's Manual for Safety and Security of Children in Schools).  The central guidelines are advisory in nature and the  states/UTs  are  expected  to  implement  them  by  suitably  modifying  the  same  as  per  their specific requirement.

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