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HYDERABAD: With child safety being a priority, the walls of all government schools in Nagarkurnool district will have written in bold all the emergency telephone numbers that children may want to contact when faced with a situation.
With more instances of child abuse being reported from different parts of the state, authorities in Nagarkurnool district, in a bid to create a safe atmosphere for students, have also sanctioned Rs 500 to each school to get the telephone numbers painted prominently on school building walls.
These numbers include child helpline 1098, school education department helpline 18004257462, hospital/ambulance 102, police 100, fire department 101, women’s helpline 1091 and Sakhi helpline 181 apart from the telephone numbers of the school principal/headmaster, DEO and district collector.
The government high school at Achampet has already come up with a pledge for safety which teachers, parents and students will have to take. It is not just about taking lessons prescribed in textbooks, teachers and students will also have a weekly meeting and discuss if there are any issues. Particular emphasis will be to see that there will be no cases of sexual harassment. Teachers have been asked to be sympathetic when students come up with any complaint or issue.
One of the most important thing is to regularly check a Posco box that will be kept in the school to immediately look into any problems that the students may want to bring to the notice of the authorities. “Teachers have to sensitively handle the issues that students may bring up and support them,” DEO Govindarajulu said.
School education official Sathish Kumar said if telephone numbers were written conspicuously on walls for the students, they will easily get into their memory and will be able to recall and call the relevant number for help.
These numbers include child helpline 1098, school education department helpline 18004257462, hospital/ambulance 102, police 100, fire dept 101, women’s helpline 1091 and Sakhi helpline 181 apart from telephone numbers of principal/, DEO and DC
With more instances of child abuse being reported from different parts of the state, authorities in Nagarkurnool district, in a bid to create a safe atmosphere for students, have also sanctioned Rs 500 to each school to get the telephone numbers painted prominently on school building walls.
These numbers include child helpline 1098, school education department helpline 18004257462, hospital/ambulance 102, police 100, fire department 101, women’s helpline 1091 and Sakhi helpline 181 apart from the telephone numbers of the school principal/headmaster, DEO and district collector.
The government high school at Achampet has already come up with a pledge for safety which teachers, parents and students will have to take. It is not just about taking lessons prescribed in textbooks, teachers and students will also have a weekly meeting and discuss if there are any issues. Particular emphasis will be to see that there will be no cases of sexual harassment. Teachers have been asked to be sympathetic when students come up with any complaint or issue.
One of the most important thing is to regularly check a Posco box that will be kept in the school to immediately look into any problems that the students may want to bring to the notice of the authorities. “Teachers have to sensitively handle the issues that students may bring up and support them,” DEO Govindarajulu said.
School education official Sathish Kumar said if telephone numbers were written conspicuously on walls for the students, they will easily get into their memory and will be able to recall and call the relevant number for help.
These numbers include child helpline 1098, school education department helpline 18004257462, hospital/ambulance 102, police 100, fire dept 101, women’s helpline 1091 and Sakhi helpline 181 apart from telephone numbers of principal/, DEO and DC
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