Madurai schools asked to install complaint boxes for sexual offences
The Hindu
The decision was taken based on recent recommendations of the Madras High Court
District Chief Education Officer R. Swaminathan has asked all schools in the district to set up a complaint box on their premises to deal with sexual offences. Based on recent recommendations of the Madras High Court, he has instructed the schools to install the complaint box in which students can put written complaints on sexual offences without any fear. “Safety of students inside schools is of paramount importance. Hence, I have requested all the schools to immediately install these boxes and also put up on their notice board the phone numbers of all the women police stations in the district,” he said.More Related News