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CHILD RIGHTS

TEACHER TRANSFORMATIVE PROGRAMME2012-13

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TEACHER TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME

RATHEESH KALIYADANGovt. Girls Higher Secondary School

Thalassery, Kannurmarckerala@gmail.com

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I’m a child

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I too…

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Child!!!

Yes, If you are below 18 you are a child… as important as any other child.YOU may be a girl or a boy.YOU may belong to Hindu, Muslim or Christian community.YOU may be born in a poor or rich family.Doesn’t matter…YOU are a child with a lot of rights.

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Did you ever touch your students?

The answer was NO. We tried to make aware of the feeling of touch and healing effect of gentle, empathetic talk

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• TEN days… 65000 teachers from Lower Primary, Upper Primary and High School levels

• FIVE days 8000 teachers from Higher Secondary Schools

• Transformed as Change Agents to be volunteering in their environment as guards of Child Rights…

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Constitution on child rightsArticle 21 protects the right to life and dignity includes the right to education for children up to 14 years of age. Corporal punishment amounts to abuse and militates against the freedom and dignity of a child.

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Constitution of India on child rights

“… the tender age of children are not abused”.-Article 39(e) “children are given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and that childhood and youth are protected against exploitation and against moral and material abandonment.” - Article 39(f)

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Sharing anecdotes…

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RTE 2009

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 has come into force with effect from 1 April 2010. The Act prohibits ‘physical punishment’ and ‘mental harassment’.

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RTE 2009

RTE assures Prohibition of physical punishment and mental harassment to child. No child shall be subjected to physical punishment or mental harassment. Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be liable to disciplinary action under the service rules applicable to such person.

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Corporal punishment!

RTE Act, 2009, classifies corporal punishment as physical punishment, mental harassment and discrimination.

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They enacted what happens in our class rooms and in staff room trials…

ROLEPLAY...How do they feel…

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Physical punishment

Causing physical harm to children by hitting, kicking, scratching, pinching, biting, pulling the hair, boxing ears, smacking, slapping, spanking or with any implement (cane, stick, shoe, chalk, dusters, belt, whip, giving electric shock etc.);

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Physical punishment

Making children assume an uncomfortable position (standing on bench, standing against the wall in a chair-like position, standing with schoolbag on head, holding ears through legs, kneeling etc.);

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Physical punishment

Forced ingestion of anything (for example: washing soap, mud, chalk, hot spices etc.);

Detention in the classroom, library, toilet or any closed space in the school.

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How do we…

ROLEPLAY...

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Mental harassment

Mental harassment is understood as any non-physical treatment that is detrimental to the academic and psychological well-being of a child.

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Mental harassment• Sarcasm that hurts or

lowers the child’s dignity;

• Calling names and scolding using humiliating adjectives, intimidation;

• Using derogatory remarks for the child, including pinning of slogans;

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Mental harassment• Ridiculing the child with regard to

her background or status or parental occupation or caste;

• Ridiculing the child with regard to her health status or that of the family;

• Belittling a child in the classroom due to his/her inability to meet the teacher’s expectations of academic achievement;

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Oh!!!!

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Discrimination

Discrimination is understood as prejudiced views and behaviour towards any child because of her/his caste/ gender, occupation or region .It can be latent; manifest; open or subtle.

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Discrimination

Bringing social attitudes and prejudices of the community into the school by using belittling remarks against a specific social group or gender or ability/disability;

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Discrimination

Assigning different duties and seating in schools based on caste, community or gender prejudices (for example, cleaning of toilets assigned by caste; task of making tea assigned by gender);

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Discrimination• Commenting on academic

ability based on caste or community prejudices;

• Denying mid-day meal or library books or uniforms or sports facilities to a child or group of children based on caste, community, religion or gender;

• Deliberate/wanton neglect.

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Most probably it happens here…

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United Nations Organization (UNO) has declared Ten Children’s Rights

• Right to be loved. • Right to nutritious

food and good health. • Right to education.

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Be one among them…

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United Nations Organization (UNO) has declared Ten Children’s Rights

• Right to entertainment coupled with proper physical growth.

• Right to get his/her nationality in his/her name.

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United Nations Organization (UNO) has declared Ten Children’s Rights

• Right to get others’ attention in distress.

• Right to relief in cases of natural calamities.

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United Nations Organization (UNO) has declared Ten Children’s Rights

• Right to nurture and develop their inherent skills and abilities so as to be a useful member of the society.

• Right to nurture humanitarian values and goodwill with others.

• Right to guard against forces dividing the country on caste, religion, and on other grounds.

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Observe change agents’ attitude…

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Feedback…

I was not so careful about my students’ feelings. But

now I realize it. His training transformed me…

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Feedback…

I used to punish my students, only to make them aware of

evils. I thought that only punishment lead them to new avenues of victory…

Now I change the history. I’ll throw away my cane while I

reach my school.

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Review….. Keshavendra Kumar IAS in a review meeting

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Thus we transformed….

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Aftermath…

• Curriculum also bearing pregnancy of the impact of teacher transformation.

• Infusing values based on child rights.• Direct discussions over child rights and

empowering them in day to day affairs are added in social science at all levels.

• Similar approach is in language and science wherever possible.

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THANK YOU