Circular 2

PROTECTING CHILDREN IS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENCE (POCSO) ACT, 2012
Dear Parents

Every child has right to education in an environment that is safe, protective and conducive to their overall development. The challenges of gender inequality, eve teasing and sexual abuse in school environment call for increased awareness and creating synergy among parents, teachers and children.

In order to ensure strict compliance to the Protection of Child from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act, 2012, Saint Soldier Convent School is taking several measures for creating awareness about sexual offences against the school children. Saint Soldier is committed to provide a fear free environment to the students for their balanced mental and physical growth.

Some of the endeavours made by Saint Soldier Educational Society in this direction are –

Provision of CCTV cameras on the school premises at all strategic places.
A complaint/suggestion box at the reception so that students can make written complaints.
Immediate action on reported cases of misconduct.
Self defence training of girl students, sensitization of girls on self care and health and sanitation through activities like – nukkad nataks, poster making competitions, quiz, debates etc on regular basis.
Close monitoring of academic performance and psychological behavior of the children, particularly in case of sudden decline in performance, lack of concentration, depression and aloofness. Proper counseling of the students is done in this regard.
Formation of the following school teams to handle any incident of such type:
Grievance/complaint redressal officer –

Ms. Navpreet Kaur Mobile: 7814946164

Head of the sexual harassment committee
Ms. Rajinder Kaur Mobile: 7814946164

LET’S JOIN HANDS TO MAKE THIS WORLD A SAFE, SECURE, FEAR FREE AND HAPPY PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN !