In Tamil Nadu these days, after the case of a school in Chennai, there has been a discussion about the behavior of the teachers. Recently, a teacher in Chennai accused her students of sending intimate and obscene messages, after which the teacher has been arrested. The children alleged that their teacher's behavior during online class was inappropriate.
This is the case of a reputed school in Chennai. In this case, the school management has now said that they had not received any complaint about it and now, since this matter has been raised by the children, action will be taken in a fair manner against it. After the matter was taken up by some school students and alumni, some eminent personalities also wrote posts about it on social media.
Some senior politicians had demanded stern action against this sexual misconduct by the teacher. As the matter caught fire through social media, the school management suspended the teacher and the Chennai Police arrested him under various sections of the POCSO Act 2012. But this one case has now taken cover from many other cases. Children studying in many more expensive schools in Chennai have shared their bad experiences through social media.
It has been reported that many of these complaints have reached the Child Rights Commission of Tamil Nadu in which children have written about various levels of abuse. Meanwhile, the Chennai Police has tried to assure the complainant children that if they complain, their information will be kept confidential and action will be taken. A famous actress from Tamil Nadu has also written about this on social media. Actress also shared her experiences regarding this matter.
She has told how one of his teachers used to discriminate on the basis of caste among children, how he used to treat students badly and make mistakes. She has written that the recent cases have refreshed her old memories. In these cases, both the parents and the children are not ready to share any information with the media.
Tamil Nadu Education Minister Anbil Mahesh has promised that if teachers are found to be wrong, strict action will be taken against them. He has said that a separate committee will be formed to submit these complaints and take action on them.
Speaking to the BBC, Tamil Nadu Child Rights Commission member V Ramaraj said, "We have given notice to the school management. The first hearing is to be held in the case on 4 June. Many children have come forward who have now spoken out about their misbehavior." They have gathered courage. These complaints show that children are not being heard in these schools, so it is not good for the children. But as a society also we are not able to give them the assurance that even after leaving the school, they Tell us about it."
They say that the welfare groups related to children at village and city level have been formed, only their work has been done on paper. A similar case came to light in Tamil Nadu over a decade ago. Then the headmaster of a government school in Madurai district was accused of sexually assaulting 96 children and a case was registered under the Posco Act. It is said that in that case most of the children had fallen silent because the other teachers did not listen to them because all were afraid of the head-master.
P Suganthi, general secretary of the Tamil Nadu unit of the All India Democratic Women's Association, tells how hard, but in the Madurai case, those children got justice. She told, "That case was registered in 2011 and it took almost seven years for the case to reach the conclusion. In the meantime, some students had withdrawn the case because they were married. Some students who could not go on every hearing , He too had withdrawn from the case. In the end, only 22 students out of 96 who were awarded damages. That head-master was jailed for 55 years. It was a long fight for justice. But in fresh cases Must also be fought for justice. "
She says that many a times the victim party is attacked in different ways and there are many families who do not want to take such troubles and they leave the matter somewhere in the middle. According to a study conducted by the Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation, every day four children who are victims of sexual offenses are denied justice and the Poxo Act is implemented in a very poor way at the ground level. In this study, it is said that every year, there is an increase in the number of child abuse cases across India.
To further strengthen the judicial system, the Parliamentary Standing Committee headed by MP Anand Sharma had mentioned in a report that India needed 389 special courts in addition to the existing 325 courts, which currently serve 325 courts in 28 states. To help in resolving pending cases.
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