Transcript CHILD RIGHTS & CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS

CHILD RIGHTS
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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
IN RURAL AREAS
CHILD DEFINITION
According to
Child age
1. Criminal law 1860 IPC sec82
2. Juvenile justice Act
3. Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929
4. Labour Laws and Appetent act 1951
5. The census of India
6. Social Scientists include
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7-12 years
Boy – 16 Girls – 18
Male –21 Female – 18
>15 years
> 14 years
15 – 19 years
Magnitude
Birth rate
41.9% - 1960-1961
29.5% - 1990-1991
The census of India estimated that by 1991 there would be 7.8
million less girls than boys and 78% of children reside in rural
areas.
CHILD RIGHTS
1. Rights to Survival
That includes the right to life, the highest attainable standard
of health, nutrition and adequate standard of living. It also
includes the right to name and nationally.
2. Rights to protection
That includes freedom all forms of exploitation, abuses, in
human or degrading treatment and negligence including the
right to special protection in situation of emergency and armed
conflicts.
CHILD RIGHTS [contd…]
3. Rights to Development
That consists of the rights to education, support for early
childhood, development and care, social security and right to
leisure, recreation and cultural activities.
4. Rights to Participation
That includes respect for the views of the child, freedom of
expression, access to appropriate information and freedom of
thought, consensus and religion.s
Child Welfare schemes
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Health
Nutrition & care
Education
Child protection in terms of Health
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Anti natal care
Delivery at Hospitals
Immunization
Child protection in terms of
Nutrition and care
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ICDS Integrated Child Development services
scheme
Supplementary Nutrition
Anganwadi Centers
Parent education
Girl child protection scheme
check on Child traficing
Children homes(shishuVihar / Balvihars)
Kishora Shaki yojana
Education
SARVA SIKSHA ABIYAN
Provides useful and relevant elementary
education for all children in 6 to 14 age group by
2010
The goals of SSA
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Enrollment of all children in school, Education
Guarantee Centre, Alternate School, and Back to
School Camps
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Retention of all children till the upper primary
stage of 2010
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Bridging of gender and social category gaps in
enrolment, retention and learning
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Ensuring that there is significant enhancement in
the learning achievement levels of children at
primary and upper primary stage.
Coverage of special focus groups
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Full time community schools for small inserved
habitations
Main streaming of children through bridge courses of
different duration
Specific strategies for special groups like childlabour,
street children, adolescent girls, girls belonging to
certain back ward communities, children of migrating
families, etc.
Innovative program in terms of practice, curriculum,
program management, textbooks, and TLMs, etc.
1. Education of migrating children
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Seasonal hostels/ providing shelter for children
during migration
Work site Schools/ at the location where the
migrate families are engaged in work.
Paripathitic educational volunteer who can
move with the migrating families.
Strategies for tracking of children through
migration care (during and after the migration)
2. Urban Deprived children
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Opening of Non Residential bridge courses
(NRBCs)
Opening of Residential courses (RBCs)
3. Interventions/incentives for girls
&Education with special focus on SC
and ST children
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Free text books to all girls upto class Vlll
Separate toilets for girls
Back to school camps for out of school children
Bridge courses for older girls
Recruitment of 50/- Women teachers
Care and Education centers/ near schools/ convergence with ICDS program
etc.
Teacher’s sensitization programmer to promote equitable learning
opportunities
Gender-sensitive teaching-learning materials including text books.
‘Intensive found’ per district for need based interventions for ensuring girls
attendance and retention
Girls only schools at upper primary level with in state policy
4. National Programme for Education of
Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL)
Focus to reach the “Hardest to Reach” girls
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Kasturiba Gandhi Babka Vidyalaya launched
in July 2004 merged with SSA in 2007.
Where female literacy rate is less than
National average (46.13%)
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Education of SC and ST
children
Providing adequate infrastructure
Engagement of community organizers
Book in local language
Special coaching and remedial services
6. Residential hostels for children in
Remote and sparsely populated Blocks of
tribal and hilly Districts, under SSA.
7. Early childhood care and
Education
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To free the girl child from baby sitting
School Readiness
Importance on 3Rs.
8. Education of children belonging
to minority Muslim community
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Support of madrasa and maktabs
Provision of Urdu text books
Free text books to all Muslim girls
Training of Urdu teachers
9. Education for children with
special Needs
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Identification of children with special needs
Functional and formal assessment
Educational placement
Aids and Appliances
Support Services
Teacher training
Resources support
Individualized education plan.