States should ban corporal punishment and discrimination against children, NCPCR said - Child Protection Law should be strictly implemented
NCPCR: NCPCR has asked all the states and union territories to take immediate action to protect children from corporal punishment and prevent discrimination during festivals. In a letter addressed to the Principal Secretaries of School Education Departments across the country, NCPCR Chairman Priyank Kanungo said that child protection laws should be strictly implemented.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked all the states and union territories to take immediate action to protect children from corporal punishment and prevent discrimination during festivals.
This step has been taken after reports that students are facing harassment over practices like applying Rakhi, and Tilak.
In a letter addressed to the Principal Secretaries of School Education Departments across the country, NCPCR Chairman Priyank Kanungo said that child protection laws should be strictly implemented.