I have been reading the sexual harassment case in a leading school in Chennai. And, now there are such incidents being reported in other schools, as well. The more you read about it, the more scarier it gets. It makes me wonder about a lot of things – the oft asked question is : how come the school pretended to be ignorant of it all these years? How come school educators/ administrators/ teachers think such issues would not blow-up on social media – when social media has been slowly growing up as an all powerful organism? Are our educators across Indian schools so distanced from technology and social media?

How many schools, educators and teachers across India – parents included are aware of the POSCO Act? Is the POSCO Act – a part of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) across any Government colleges or universities offering B.Ed? If the Act is meant as a policy to be framed and only to be set aside, how do we as a country with millions of schools – big and small – commit to children’s safety and well-being.

It is time the Ministry of Education makes it mandatory that the contents of the POSCO Act should be discussed in all PTMs, during staff meetings and in a lucid version to children during morning assemblies. POSCO Act should not be treated as another Government of India (GOI) circular to be filed and tossed aside by the schools and other educational institutions.