Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) ACT

 

All children have an equal right to access education in an environment that is safe protective and conducive to overall development. The Protection of children from sexual offences act (POCSO Act – 2012) was enacted to protect children from offences of sexual abuse, and harassment and to provide a child-friendly system for trial of these offences.

In order to ensure strict compliance of the Protection of Child from Sexual offence (POCSO) Act 2012, the school has taken several initiatives and actions for creating awareness about sexual exploitation among the school children.

 

 

Prevention Of Children from Sexual Offence Committee (POCSO)

To safeguard the interests of the learners, THS Rajpur, has set up the POCSO Committee (under the provisions of Prevention of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012) on 9th March 2017. The Committee works towards safeguarding the children from the challenges they face in their formative years at school. The Committee takes up age-appropriate initiatives to create awareness about sexual exploitation and to ensure that all children are aware of their rights and responsibilities towards themselves. Awareness sessions are conducted for the faculty and staff to recognize and report issues of abuse and neglect. Complaint Boxes are placed strategically at conspicuous places and checked regularly by the school principal to address the complaints.

 

Through its awareness campaigns and programs, the Committee strives to ensure that all learners are treated with dignity and respect at all times. A series of awareness programs are conducted in the school throughout the year. Age-appropriate videos are shown and self-defence sessions are also conducted as a part of the awareness programs.