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-Child health care , welfare and child development
-Juvenile justice, care for marginalized children
-Elimination of child labour , child in distress
-Child psychology or sociology
-Laws relating to children
*The commission looks after the rights of children upto the age of 18 years.
*Judicial institution envisaged in the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights for speedy clearance of cases related to children ( by specifying a Court of Session in a district) - Children’s Court
*Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was passed in 2012.
*National Child labour Policy was adopted in India in - 1987
*The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
*The Factories Act, 1948
*The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) of Children Act, 2000 as amended in 2006 and 2011
*The Minimum Wages Act was passed in 1948
*The scheme introduced by NCPCR for the Protection of Children’s Rights in Civil Unrest areas - Bal Bandhu Scheme
KERALA STATE COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS
*The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KeSCPCR) started functioning in June 2013
*KeSCPCR is a statutory body under the commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act 2005 and Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rules 2012.
*The main aim of KeSCPCR is
-To protect, promote and defend child rights in the state.(Protection of Rights of children under 18 is the responsibility of the Commission) The power of KeSCPCR The commission while inquiring into any matter, has all the powers of a civil court trying a suit under the code of civil procedure 1908.
*The power of KeSCPCR
-The commission while inquiring into any matter, has all the powers of a civil court trying a suit under the code of civil procedure 1908.
*First chairperson of Kerala State Commission for the protection of Child Rights - Neel Gangadharan
*The present chairperson of KeSCPCR Shobha Koshy
RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT
*Right to Education Act 2009 came into force on 1st April 2010.
*RTE Act is applicable to all states except the state of Jammu & Kashmir
Main Provisions of the Act
*All children between the ages of 6 to 14 years shall have the right to free and compulsory education at a neighbourhood school.
*No child or parents shall be liable to pay any kind of cost on uniforms, textbooks, mid day meals, transportation etc.
*The Govt, shall provide schooling free of cost until the child’s elementary education is completed.
*Two trained teachers shall be provided for every 60 students at the primary level.
*Schools shall constitute School Management Committees' (SMC) comprising local officials, parents, guardians and teachers.
*Programme launched by Central govt for universalization of education in line with the 86th Amendment - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
*At least three-fourth of the members of such committees shall be parents or guardians
*Fifty percent of members of such committees shall be women.
*The SMC shall monitor utilization of Govt, grants and the school environment.
*As per the Act, elementary education means - first to eight class
*The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has been designated as the agency to monitor provisions of the Act.
*National Education Day - November 11
