Responding to Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse in School Settings
“Evolve action plan to prevent child sexual abuse” Special Correspondent Consultation on Responding to Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse held — Photo: K. Pichumani SHARING A POINT: Kutralingam, Secretary, School Education Department, with Andal Damodaran, trustee, Tulir, at a meeting in Chennai on Wednesday. P.Perumalswamy, Director of School Education is in the picture. CHENNAI: Child sexual abuse must be targeted both at the school level and a higher systemic level, participants at a consultation on Responding to Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse in the city on Tuesday recommended. Framing conduct rules for teachers, demarcating “unsafe” areas within the school campus and monitoring them and creating a participatory atmosphere for children in schools were some of the ideas put forth to prevent and handle the perpetration of sexual abuse on children. Other suggestions included displaying conduct roles prominently within the school premises, as also child helpline numbers and the numb