Guidelines for

Eliminating Corporal
Punishment
in Schools

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The Mandate of NCPCR

Protectio
n Of

Supported by the Ministry of Women and Child

Development
(MWCD) and the Ministry of Human Resource
Development (MHRD)

TheNational Commission for Protection of

Child Rights(NCPCR) is an Indian
governmental commission,
established by an Act of Parliament, the
Commission for Protection of Child Rights
Act in December 2005. operational w.e.f
in March 2007.
The Commission considers that its
Mandate is "to ensure that all Laws,
Policies, Programmes, and Administrative
Mechanisms are in consonance with the
Child Rights perspective as enshrined in
the Constitution of India and the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child."[1]
As defined by the commission, child

Relevance to KVs
Commission had asked to
form special cells in schools to
solve problems of children.
The cell will examine the mental
and physical torture against
children.
Complaints regarding sexual
harassment ,mental harassment,
favouritism etc
should be informed to the
Taluk/District Legal Services

A study Child Abuse in India

2007, by the Ministry of Women
and Child Development,
Government of India, found that
69% of children reported having been
physically abused. Of these 54.68% were
boys.
Incidents of having been abused in their
family environment have been reported by
52.91% of boys and 47.09% of girls.
Of the children who were abused in family
situations, 88.6% were abused bytheir
parents.
Every two out of three school children
reported facing corporal punishment.
In juvenile justice institutions, 70.21% of
children in conflict with the law and

Survey Reports- School

Context
1.The above said recommendations
were the based of a survey
involving 6,632 students.
2.All of them replied to have been
harassed.
3.75% of them informed of being
beaten.
4.69% did get slaps on their face.
5. 0.4% were given electric shocks

Definition of Corporal Punishme

IN KEEPING WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE RTE
ACT, 2009, CORPORAL
PUNISHMENT COULD BE
CLASSIFIED AS
PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT,
MENTAL HARASSMENT
AND
DISCRIMINATION

Activities
Commission had asked to form
special cells in schools to solve
problems of children.
The cell will examine the mental
and physical torture against
children.
Complaints regarding sexual
harassment mental harassment,
favouritism etc
should be informed to the

Legal Basis
International
Law
Constitutional
Provisions
Indian Penal Code (IPC)
RTE Act, 2009
The Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act, 20003
Scheduled Castes and Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
1989
Protection of Civil Rights Act,

Role of NCPCR and SCPCRs

Under Section 32(3) and (4) of the
RTE Act, the SCPCRs are the
appellate authority to receive
appeals from the
aggrieved persons who would
prefer such appeals when their
grievances relating to childrens
right to education
are not redressed by the
designated local authorities under
Section 32(2) .

POSITIVE DISCIPLINE & NCPCR

ENSURING EACH CHILD ITS

RIGHTS

My job is to
teach, not to
discipline.
I have to
complete the
curriculum;
I dont have time
for positive
discipline.

POSITIVE DISCIPLINE

Positive discipline is
based on childrens rights
to healthy development,
protection from violence,
and participation in their
learning.

POSITIVE DISCIPLINE BRINGS

TOGETHER:

THE
POSITIVE
DISCIPLI
NE
PLAN

RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
The Convention guarantees children the
following rights:
The right to survival and full
development of their potential:
Adequate food, shelter and clean water
Education
Health care
Leisure and recreation
Cultural activities, including language
Information about their rights
Dignity

The right to protection from:

Violence and neglect
Exploitation
Cruelty
Discrimination
The right to participate in decisionmaking by:
o Expressing their opinions and having
their opinions respected
o Having a say in matters affecting them
o Having access to information
o Freely associating with other people

HORT & LONGTERM GOAL

PEDAGOGICAL PRINCIPLES

CLASSES I&II

LASSES III- V- THE AGE O

SELF-ESTEEM

POSITIVE DISCIPLINE
=
CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE