Child rights commission to hold hearing for ST children
The Hindu
The public meeting will begin on December 1
To understand the problems faced by children from tribal communities, the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) has decided to hold a public hearing exclusively for them. The hearing is scheduled to begin on December 1.
Fr. Antony Sebastian, chairperson of the commission, said they had been holding several public consultations with children and listening to their woes after the pandemic. “Children have been sharing very heart-wrenching stories of how they did not have access to online classes, how many were forced into child labour; some students even said that their friends were victims of child marriages during the lockdown,” he said.
Members of the commission pointed out that the problems faced by children from tribal communities as well as their magnitude would be extremely different from minors belonging to other communities.