The Horror of Residential School Education: A Failed Model for Girl Students
As the mainstream media is focused on the sexual exploitation allegations on the CJI and has given due space and time to scrutinize and question every decision that has happened in the Constitutional Court, relatively more severe incident is being reported from Chandrapur district of Maharashtra since the first week of this month. As reported, till now six minor girls have been confirmed to have been sexually assaulted in the tribal hostel of the residential school of Rajura block where their parents sent them for residential education.
The horrific incident came to light due to the deteriorating health conditions of minor girls in the age group of 8-11 years. Their visiting parents saw several girls in an unconscious state in the hostel funded by the State Tribal Department. As the investigation progressed involving local NGOs, the severity and scale of sexual exploitation are becoming visible.
In the past few weeks, progressively numbers of victim girls have increased showing the possibility of large scale sexual exploitation in the tribal hostel run by Infant Jesus Education Society in Rajura block. In due course of time, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has taken cognizance of the issue and constituted a committee to look into the matter and has also passed orders to pay compensation to the parents of minor girls.…
https://www.sabrangindia.in/article/horror-residential-school-education-failed-model-girl-students
SEE ALSO:
- Six Tribal Girl Children Sexually Assaulted At Residential School At Chandrapur of Maharashtra (Apr 24, 2019, News Click)
https://www.newsclick.in/Tribal-Girls-Sexually-Assaulted-Maharashtra - To avoid sexual exploitation of minor tribal girls, Bombay High Court constitutes all-women committee (Apr 19, 2019, Free Press Journal)
https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/o-avoid-sexual-exploitation-of-minor-tribal-girls-bombay-high-court-constitutes-all-women-committee/1507526 - Lawyer Nabbed for Raping Law Student in Hyderabad (May 1, 2019, Caravan Daily)
http://caravandaily.com/lawyer-nabbed-for-raping-law-student-in-hyderabad/ - In Bhopal, 12-year-old raped, head smashed with stone (May 2, 2019, Hindustan Times)
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/in-bhopal-12-year-old-raped-head-smashed-with-stone/story-LESKHBGisCwqCt9MFSIJpM.html
