NCPCR
- Telangana
Appoint psychiatrists to govt schools, hostels: Telangana HC to govt
Hyderabad: Telangana High Court on Thursday, December 12, directed the state govt to appoint psychiatrists and counsellors in govt residential schools and hostels and file an additional affidavit in this regard. The…
- India
SC stays NCPCR’s communication on shifting of students of madrasas to schools
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, October 21, stayed the operation of the communications issued by child rights body NCPCR urging states to shift students of unrecognised madrasas to government schools.…
- India
Child rights body urges state to stop Madrassa funding over RTE violations
New Delhi: The apex child rights body has raised serious concerns about the state of functioning in madrassas and called for stopping state funding to them unless they comply with the Right…
- India
Safety of children in school: NCPCR chief hails SC’s decision to enforce 2021 guidelines
New Delhi: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairperson, Priyank Kanoongo on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s directions for implementation of the 2021 safety rules in schools and said that…
- India
NCPCR asks social media platforms to explore ways to protect children online
New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) met representatives from major social media platforms to address issues related to the safety of children online and explore ways to…
- India
Madrasas ‘unfit’ to impart holistic education: NCPCR to SC
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) told the Supreme Court that madrasas are not fit to impart education as they work unreasonably. The NCPCR said that the madrasas function…
- India
NCPCR chief questions ‘radical’ curriculum in Bihar madrasas, demands UN probe
New Delhi: NCPCR Chairman Priyank Kanoongo on Sunday raised serious concerns over the “radical” curriculum in government-funded madrasas of Bihar and the enrolment of Hindu children in such schools. He also questioned…
- India
JIH slams UP govt for forcing students out of madrassas
The national vice president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Maulana Waliullah Sayeedi Falahi, has condemned recent actions of the UP government aimed at disrupting the education sector and undermining the status and identity of…
- India
Keeping non-Muslim kids in madrasas violation of rights: NCPCR
New Delhi: The Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), Priyank Kanoongo, has expressed concern about children’s rights, particularly of non-Muslim children in madrasas. In a post on…
- India
Delhi Hospital had no emergency exits, working fire extinguishers, finds NCPCR
New Delhi: Absence of emergency exits, non-functional fire extinguishers, and lack of operational fire alarms and water sprinkler systems were the finding of the NCPCR team which visited the Vivek Vihar hospital…
- India
NCPCR seeks action against app for distributing obscene content
New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has sought action against an app for allegedly disseminating explicit and objectionable material, including content targeted at children. The move comes in…
- India
NCPCR sends notice to UNICEF, NCERT over Bihar madrassa curriculum
New Delhi: Apex child rights body NCPCR on Tuesday sent notices to the NCERT and UNICEF, asking them to explain how they were responsible for designing curriculums for madrassas in Bihar. The…
- India
NCPCR summons 11 chief secys over data on Non-Muslim children in Madrassas
New Delhi: Apex child rights body NCPCR has summoned the chief secretaries of 11 states and Union territories over “lack of action” in identifying Hindu and other non-Muslim children enrolled in madrassas,…
- India
NCPCR notice to Bihar on scrapping school holidays on Hindu festivals
Patna: The National Commission of Protection for Child Rights (NCPCR) has served notice to the Bihar government seeking its response within one week as to why holidays in government schools on major…
- India
Teacher arrested for molesting 16 girl students in UP school
Unnao: The head teacher of a co-educational school in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district has been arrested on charges of molesting 16 girl students. The children said the teacher bribed them with candies…
