Student safeguarding advisory committee in all TN schools

The Tamil Nadu School Education Department has released detailed guidelines for schools to follow for student safety and protection from sexual violence; this comes after multiple allegations of abuse that surfaced recently

The School Education Department has called for all schools in Tamil Nadu to constitute a student safeguarding advisory committee (SAC) which will continually review, monitor and recommend measures at the institutional level on all aspects of student safety. This is part of the guidelines issued for schools in Tamil Nadu on student safety, and protection from sexual violence. The SAC committee should comprise of the principal, two teachers, two PTA members, a management representative, a non-teaching staff member and an optional external member.