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Minutes of the Meeting of NCPCR Committee on 6th July, 2010 to examine the report of the Inquiry Team regarding allegations of Physical Punishment and Mental Harassment to Late Rouvanjit Rawla in La Martiniere School for Boys, Kolkata

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NCPCR's Letter No. WB-18013/15208/2010-Comp/12877 to 12879 dated 14th July, 2010 to The President of The Board of Governors, La Martiniere Schools for taking specific actions against the Perpetrators of Physical Punishment and Mental Harassment of Late Rouvanjit Rawla and for preventing the practice of Corporal Punishment in their schools
NCPCR's Recommendations to the Government of West Bengal (vide letter No. WB-18013/15208/2010-Comp/12872 to 12874 dated 14th July, 2010) for Addressing the issue of Corporal Punishment in Schools including La Martiniere School for Boys
NCPCR's Recommendations to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (vide letter No. WB-18013/15208/2010-Comp/ dated 14th July, 2010) for Addressing the issue of Corporal Punishment in Schools including La Martiniere School for Boys
Action on Corporal Punishment Communication to Minister for Social Welfare Government of Tamil Nadu on February 4 2008
Chairperson's Letter to Shri Arun K Rath on 8 January 2008 on Corporal Punishment
Response on Corporal Punishment Shri Arun K Rath December 17 2007
Chairperson Letter to MoS School Education Tamil Nadu on 4 February 2008 on Corporal Punishment
Chennai Public Hearing January 2008 General Recommendations of NCPCR Jury 23 January 2008
Letter on Corporal Punishment from CBSE to Heads of Institutions

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Article 23 (1):

Traffic in human beings, begging and other similar forms of forced labour are prohibited and any contravention of this provision shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.

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Consultation on National Advocacy Campaign against Corporal Punishment, 22 September 2008

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S. No.	Venue	Date	Remarks	Results
1.	Chennai	22 and 23, January, 2008	Corporal Punishment, torture and sexual abuse of children in Schools	The grievances have been taken up with the State Govt. and concerned District Collectors for remedial measures
2.			Impact of Social Mobilization for bringing out-of-school Children to Schools

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Meeting on Corporal Punishment was held on 7th July, 2008 at NCPCR Office
Meeting was held on 18th September, 2008 with UNICEF to prepare a Campaign and Media Strategy to take the recommendation of working group to scale
Consultation on National Advocacy Campaign against Corporal Punishment
NCPCR and UNICEF organised a Press Dialogue with the Media to 'End Corporal Punishment: The Right to Protection and Dignity' at India Habitat Centre on 19th February 2009, New Delhi

WGroups

A Working Group was constituted on 22nd October 2007 to:

Review the Department of Education’s Guidelines/ Policy on Corporal Punishment
Undertake in-depth Review of existing positive practices of getting a feedback by the school management from children and their parents regarding Corporal Punishment in schools and their efficacy
Enlist opinions of school teachers and teacher unions, education bureaucracy, NGOs, and educationists on Corporal Punishment and their opinions on how to stop the practice
Review existing legal framework/ case law against Corporal Punishment
Evolve a policy and strategies for stopping Corporal Punishment in schools and a meeting of the Group was held on the same date

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