ITANAGAR, 9 Feb: A team of the Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR), along with members of other SCPCRs, is on an ‘education-cum-exposure visit’ to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in New Delhi since Wednesday.
Interacting with the team, comprising Niri Chongrowju, Ngurang Achung, Jumtum Minga and the APSCPCR member secretary, NCPCR Member Secretary Rupali Banerjee Singh informed that “a portal for tracking victim compensation is being designed in collaboration with the NALSA.”
She suggested that “a de-addiction centre for children should be established separately, so that stakeholders can successfully rehabilitate these children, with the help of experts.”
During its visit to the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), the APSCPCR team learnt that the DCPCR “gives internships in their commission and the commission also has a child rights fellowship programme, in collaboration with the Ashoka University and the CM Fellowship,” the APSCPCR informed in a release.
DCPCR Chairman Anurag Kundu and its members offered advice on how to monitor and guide the DCPUs, and dwelt on the RTE Act.
DCPCR members presented “early warning system in education, which detects any alarming absence from school and looks for patterns that emerge with their data collection and addresses the problems due to which students may not be attending school regularly,” the APSCPCR said.
DCPCR members also made a presentation on “the emergency response system that addresses the immediate needs of children in need of care and protection who call their helpline number,” the APSCPCR added.
The team is scheduled to visit other SCPCRs to acquire skills that would help the APSCPCR in delivering its duties more efficiently and protect the rights of children more vigorously, “so that full potential of the children of Arunachal Pradesh can be attained,” it said.
The APSCPCR team also called on union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and briefed him about the tour.
The minister said that he would “suggest to the state government that juvenile justice is delivered swiftly and cases of POCSO are disposed of as early as possible,” the commission said.
