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BACKGROUND
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Articles addressing Children in the Constitution of India
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Preparation of the State Action Plan:
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Structure of the State Action Plan:
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Child Related Policies and Action Plans
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Acts and Legislations Related to Children
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Children and the Millennium Development Goals:
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INFANTS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD [0-6 YEARS]
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Vision of the state
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Existing schemes and policies
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Going forward: Key areas of focus
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CHILDREN [6- 14 YEARS]
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Vision of the state
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Existing schemes and policies
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Going forward: Key areas of focus
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ADOLESCENTS [14 - 17 YEARS]
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Vision of the state
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Existing schemes and policies
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Going forward: Key areas of focus
GIRL CHILD
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Vision of the state
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Existing schemes and policies
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Going forward: Key areas of focus
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DIFFERENTLY-ABLED CHILDREN
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Vision of the state
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Existing schemes and policies
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Going forward: Key focus areas
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CHILD PROTECTION
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Vision
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Existing schemes and policies
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Going forward: Key focus areas
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DECENTRALIZED EXECUTION
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ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY
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Streamlining the delivery of services
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Child-friendly policies
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Implement child tracking and child help lines
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HEALTH
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Maternal Health
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Neo-natalcare
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Early childcare
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Adolescent Health
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Water and sanitation
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EDUCATION
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Primary Education
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Secondary education
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Life skills
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Inclusive Education
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Child Protection
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CHILD PROTECTION
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Child trafficking
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Child pornography.
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Child Marriage
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Child Labour
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Child Abuse
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Rehabilitation and Care
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Annexure
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ANNEXURE
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Annexure 1:
List of documents consulted for developing the SPAC 2011-20
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Annexure 2
List of persons and departments consulted for developing the SPAC: 2011-2010
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Annexure 3:
List of NGOs consulted for developing First Draft of SPAC
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Background
A commitment to children as the citizens of India can be found in the Constitution of India. The
central and the state governments have come out with several policies, plans and programmes for
the welfare of the children. After ratifying and accepting the Convention on the Rights of the
Children (CRC), several steps have been taken by the government for child development and
well being of children. However, there are still a number of problems facing children in the state.
The State Action Plan for Children (SPAC) seeks to address what needs to be done to ensure
children’s survival, development, protection and participation.
Articles addressing Children in the Constitution of India
Article 1: The State shall not deny to any Article 39: The State shall serve everyone
person equality before law or the equal equally
protection of laws within the territory of
India
Article
15:
discriminate
State
shall
not Article 39 F: The States shall, in
against any
citizen
on particular,
The
grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or securing
place of birth
direct
its
policy
children
that
towards
given
are
opportunities and facilities to develop in a
healthy manner and in conditions of
freedom and dignity and that childhood
youth
are
exploitation
and
and
protected
against
against
moral
and
material abandonment
Article 21: No person shall be deprived Article 45: The State shall endeavour to
of his life or personal liberty except provide
early
childhood
care
and
according to procedure established by education for all children until they reach
law
six years of age
Article 21 A: The State shall provide free Article 47: The State shall have the duty
and compulsory education to all children to raise the level of nutrition and the
aged 6-14 years in such manner as the standard of living and to improve public
State may, by law, determine
health
Article 23: Prohibition of traffic in Article 243G read with schedule 11. To
human beings and forced labour and any provide for institutionalization of child
contravention of this provision shall be care by seeking to entrust programmes of
an offence punishable in accordance with Women
the law
and
Child
Development
to
panchayat (item 25 of Schedule 11), apart
from education (item 17), family welfare
(item 25). health and sanitation (item 23)
and other items with a bearing on the
welfare of children
Article 24: No child below the age of 14
years shall be employed to work in any
factory or mine or engaged in any other
hazardous employment
The Karnataka State Plan of Action for Children has been developed in the context of the UN
Millennium Development Goals. It covers all children1 under the age of 18 in Karnataka,
including those yet to be born. The goals and strategies outlined here will be incorporated in the
planning and implementation of all government programmes related to children.
The plan also provides the guiding framework for all development agencies and inteinational
organizations working on children's issues in Karnataka. It should guide their progiamme
interventions and ensure coordination of programme activities and resources with state
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The Government of Karnataka accepts the definition of the child as given in Article 1 of the UNCRC, which
states: "a child means every human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child,
majority is attained earlier". This definition clearly specifies the upper age limit of 18 years but recognizes that the
majority may be obtained at an earlier age under laws applicable to the child. As a consequence there is co
existence of various legislations with different age definition of child as accepted under the particular law. For
example, the Indian Constitution confers the "right to life" to the child in the womb and acknowledges their right
to survival and protection.
government departments. It is important that government departments work together if we want
to achieve the goals in the timeframes set out. There is also a need to strengthen partnerships
with others working to improve children’s lives, including NGOs, the private sector and public
private partnerships.
Preparation of the State Action Plan:
The preparation of the SPAC has taken place in two phases. In Phase I individual meetings were
held with all the relevant departments and with NGOs2. The aim was to arrive at a State Plan of
Action for the 2010 to 2020 period by reviewing existing plans and undertaking a visioning
exercise with the departments. The list of documents consulted for developing the SPAC has
been attached.
Phase II: 5 detailed consultative meetings will be held in the period January 1 -April 20
2010 with key government departments, representative civil society organizations and
involved citizens.
Structure of the State Action Plan:
The SPAC is divided into two parts. The first part contains the vision of the Government for
achieving the holistic development of the child. This part is divided into sections based on the
age group of the beneficiaries; Infant and Early Childhood (0-6 years), Children (6-14 years) and
Adolescents (14-17 years). In addition, there are three specific focus groups in the first section of
the SPAC; Girl Child, Children with Disability and Orphan and Vulnerable Children. This is to
ensure that the specific challenges faced by these children are addressed in the Government’s
vision.
In the second part of the SPAC, the vision is translated into an actionable plan which contains the
government’s objectives, goals and limelines for the goals under each theme. This section is
divided into four themes (Education, Health, Protection and Holistic Development) which are
further divided into sub-themes.
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Detailed list is attached.
Child Related Policies and Action Plans
1974
National Policy for Children
1983
National Health Policy (2002)
1986
National Policy on Education
1987
National Policy on Child Labour
1991-2000
National Plan of Action for SAARC Decade of
the Girl Child
1992
National Plan of Action for Children
1993
National Nutritional Policy
1995
National Plan of Action on Nutrition
2000
National Initiative for Child Protection
2007
Action Plan to Combat Trafficking of Women
and Children in Karnataka
March Towards
2010
Child
Labour Free State
(MATCH)- Action Plan: 2010-2017
Legislations Related to Children
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The Children(Pledging of Labor) Act,
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Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
1993
Children) Act 2000
Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act •
The Commision for Protection of Child
1956
Rights Act, 2005
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act •
Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act,
1976
1956 and Amendment Bill, 2008
Labour
Child
•
(Prevention
and •
Commission for Protection of Child
Regulation) Act 1986
Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006
Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles •
Pre-natal
and
Infant
Foods
(regulation
Diagnostics
Techniques
(Regulation and Prevention of Misuse)
of
Act 1994
Production, Supply and Distribution) Act,
1992
•
Offense Against Children Bill, 2006
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Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
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Persons
with
Disabilities
(Equal
opportunities, Protection of Rights and
Full Participation) Act 2000
•
•
Right to Education Act, 2009
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The Hindu Minority and Guardianship .
The Family Court Acts, 1984
The Guardian and Ward Act, 1890
Act, 1956
Children and the Millennium Development Goals:
The Karnataka State Plan of Action is targeted at achieving the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs). Though the MDGs are for all humankind, they are primarily about children3, since
children are most vulnerable when people lack essentials like food, water, sanitation and
healthcare. Child Rights can be significantly realised if the MDGs are met.
Goal 1
Goal5
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Improve maternal health
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Reduce by half the proportion of people •
Reduce by three-quarters the maternal
living on less than a dollar a day
mortality rate
Reduce by half the proportion of people
who suffer from hunger
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Goal 2
Goal 6
Achieve universal primary education
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
diseases
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Ensure that all boys and girls complete a •
Halt and begin to reverse the spread of
full course of primary schooling
HIV/AIDS
•
Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of
malaria and other major diseases
Goal 3
Goal 7
Promote gender equality and empower Ensure environmental sustainability
women
•
Eliminate gender disparity in primary and
•
Integrate the principles of sustainable
development into country policies and
secondary education
loss
reverse
programmes;
of
environmental resources
•
Reduce by half the proportion of people
sustainable
without
access
to
safe
drinking water
•
Achieve improvement in lives of at least
100 million slum dwellers by 2020
Goal 4
Goal8
Reduce child mortality
Develop
global
a
partnership
for
development
•
Reduce by two-thirds the mortality rate
among children under five
•
Develop further an open trading and
financial
system
and
predictable
includes
a
that
is
rule-based,
non-discriminatory,
commitment
to
good
governance, development and poverty
reduction- nationally and internationally
Address the least developed countries’
•
special needs. This includes tariff- and
quota-free
access
for
their
exports;
enhanced debt relief for heavily indebted
poor countries; cancellation of official
bilateral debt; and more generous official
development assistance
for countries
committed to poverty reduction
•
Address the special needs of landlocked
and small island of developing states
•
Deal comprehensively with developing
countries’ debt problems through national
and international measures to make debt
sustainable in the long term
•
In
cooperation
with
the
developing
countries develop decent and productive
work for youth
•
In
cooperation
with
pharmaceutical
companies, provide access to affordable
essential drugs in developing countries
•
In cooperation with the private sector,
make available the benefits of new
technologies- especially information and
communications technologies
Karnataka State Action Plan for children 2011-20
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Overview and Vision
Early childhood [0-6 years]
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Infants and Early childhood [0-6 years]
Vision of the state
Every infant represents the promise and potential for a better tomorrow. The early years of the
child are crucial since the nutrition and immunization that is provided to the child between the
ages of 0 to 6 determines the long-term well being of the child. In addition, the child’s ability to
learn and understand is highest during this phase. Hence, it is of utmost importance that early
childcare ensures the holistic development of the child.
Keeping this in mind, it is envisioned that every child, irrespective of his/her social and
economic condition.
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Is provided all the support to ensure its survival and overall wellbeing
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Has access to wholesome and timely nutritious food
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Has access to the essential healthcare services in its neighbourhood
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Has the right opportunities and environment to ensure its holistic development
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Is provided a safe and conducive environment
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Is safeguarded from risks such as child trafficking, child pornography and sexual abuse
crimes; and can reach out to a trusted entity for rehabilitation and care.
In achieving this vision. Government of Karnataka acknowledges that the family or the guardian
of the child is best positioned to ensure the wellbeing of the child. It recognises that the child
and the mother are not individual beneficiaries but one unit. The wellbeing of one is closely
intertwined with the wellbeing of the other. All strategies that are implemented as part of the
early child care will be cognizant of this reality and will enable and support the family or the
legal guardian to best take care of the child.
Existing schemes and policies
The state government’s focus addresses children in the age group of 0 to 6, pregnant women and
nursing mothers.
Today, the following are the primary departments involved in addressing their needs
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Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD)
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Department of Health and Family Welfare Services
In addition, for vulnerable children, the Department of Social Welfare, Education and
Labour and Department of Disabled Welfare provide creches and early care support.
The Government of Karnataka has made birth registration mandatory and is ensuring this by
making registration a requirement for eligibility under various schemes.
One of the key schemes implemented to address the health and wellbeing of both the mothers
and the children is the Integrated Child Development Scheme (LCDS). ICDS is the world’s
largest integrated childhood programme. The objectives of ICDS are
•
To improve the nutritional and health status of pre-school children in the age group of 0-6
years
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To lay the foundation of proper psychological development of the child
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To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school drop-outs
•
To achieve effective coordination of policy and implementation amongst various
departments to promote child development and
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To enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional
needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education
Schemes addressing pregnant mothers
Integrated Child Development Scheme
Under this scheme run by the Department of Women and Child Development, pregnant women
are provided the following services at the Anganwadi Centre (AWC). The AWW (Anganwadi
Worker), Auxiliary mid Nurse (ANM) or LHV (Lady Health Visitor) are responsible for
implementation of services under the scheme.
a. Nutrition: As per the norms, lactating mothers are to be provided supplementary nutrition
and take home rations twice a month i.e the state needs to ensure that the lactating mother
receives 600 calories per day and 18-20 grams of protein, b.Immunisation:
Tetanus
Toxoid is given to pregnant women. The first dose is given as early as possible after
pregnancy and the second dose 1 month after the 1 dose. The booster dose is given in a
subsequent pregnancy, if TT vaccine has been taken with the last 3 years. ANM, LHV
and Medical officer (MO) are responsible.
c. Health check up: Ante natal check up is done by the Auxiliary mid Nurse (ANM) at the
pregnant woman’s house/anganwadi. 3 antenatal check- ups are done during pregnancy.
Mother-Child Health card is given to the beneficiary to record ante-natal care.
d. Nutrition and Health Education: Two mothers’ meetings are to be conducted in a month
by the AWW. A minimum of 1 health education camp in coordination with the
Department of Health and Family Welfare, is held per month. Apart from these duties,
the AWW is to make home visits to impart education.
e. Health and referral services: Referral slips are provided in each AWC to the PHC
(Primary Health Centre) or CHC (Central Health Centre). Beneficiaries with referral slips
are to be attended to on a priority basis at the health centres.
Schemes for Nursing Women
Integrated Child Development Schemes
Under ICDS, nursing women are provided the following services:
Nutrition: As per the norms, lactating mothers are to be provided supplementary nutrition
and take home rations twice a month i.e the state needs to ensure that the lactating mother
receives 600 calories per day and 18-20 grams of protein, h. Immunisation:
Tetanus
Toxoid is given to pregnant women. The first dose is given as early as possible after
pregnancy and the second dose 1 month after the 1st dose. The booster dose is given in a
subsequent pregnancy, if TT vaccine has been taken with the last 3 years. ANM, LHV
and Medical officer (MO) are responsible.
c. Health check up: Post natal check up is done by the Auxiliary mid Nurse (ANM) at the
mothers house/anganwadi home. Each lactating mother is visited at least twice by health
staff within first 10 days of delivery at the home. A record is kept of the birth date and
weight of the child on the growth chart. The lactating mother is provided information on
family planning methods.
d. Nutrition and Health Education: Two mothers’ meetings are to be conducted in a month
by the AWW. A minimum of 1 health education camp in coordination with the
Department of Health and Famly Welfare, is held per month. Apart from these duties,
the AWW is to make home visits to impart education. Through mothers’ meetings,
health education camps and home visits, education is provided by the AWW, Supervisor
and CDPO.
e. Health and referral services: To provide health services to nursing mothers in need of
special medical care, referral slips are provided in each AWC to a PHC or CHC. Follow
up action is done by the AWW.
Thayi Bhagya is an integrated scheme of the Department of Health and Family Welfare. The
scheme encompasses four programs: Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), Prasooti Araike, Madilu
and Thayi Bhagya. Thayi Bhagya aims at maximising institutional deliveries for better maternal
and child care and reduction of mortality The objectives of this programme are reducing
maternal and infant mortality rate, providing health care to all pregnant women, especially those
living in tribal, mountainous and inaccessible regions, encouraging pregnant women to have
regular natal check ups, and to fund caesarean section whenever required. Promotion of the
participation of private institutions in health care and encouragement for small family norms are
also part of the vision of the scheme.
Janani Suraksha Yojana: is part of the Thayi Bhagya scheme of the Department of Health. The
objective is to give financial assistance to the poor pregnant women during delivery. Under this
scheme, pregnant women belonging to below poverty line families and SC, ST families will get
an assistance of Rs. 500 if delivered at home, Rs. 600 for urban institutional delivery, Rs. 700 for
delivery in health centres in rural areas, and Rs. 1500 for caesarean delivery. This benefit is
available if the delivery takes place in recognized private health institutions also. To be eligible,
the woman must be above 19 years of age and must have got ANC check up at-least 3 times.
SC/ST Women not belonging to BPL families are also entitled for this benefit if they are
admitted to general ward of Government or Registered Private Hospital.
Madilu was a scheme started by the health department to provide post natal care to the mother
and the child. The objective of this scheme is to encourage poor pregnant women to deliver in
health centres and hospitals in order to considerably reduce maternal and infant mortality in the
state. Under this scheme a kit containing various items of essential requirement for the mother
and the child such as mosquito net, bed sheets, warm blanket, sanitary napkins etc. are provided.
To be eligible for the Madilu kit, a woman must belong to a BPL family, and the delivery must
have taken place in a Government hospital. The benefit is limited to two live deliveries.
Schemes for children between 0-6 months
Integrated Child Development Scheme
4Under ICDS, a package of 6 services is provided to children including access to supplementary
nutrition, immunisation, health check-ups and referrals,, health check-ups and referrals,
nutritional and health education services and non formal pre-school education,, early detection of
disability and provision of assistance to malnourished children.
a. Children are weighed once a month, and the new WHO growth chart is updated in the
Mother- Child health card a separate book kept for this purpose at the Anganwadi
(Maguina Belavanege Melucharne Chart - growth chart for child). 1 he child is weighed
at at the anganwadi centre every month, and this information is updated in the growth
chart record with a view to keep an eye on the physical growth and development of the
child.
b. Children are immunised as per schedule at the AWC/ Sub centre by the ANM.
c. The AWW/ANM visit the house of the child at least twice within the first ten days of
delivery, for general health checkups and to advise the mother to feed the baby only
mother’s milk for the first six months.
d. The Medical Officer is responsible for a check-up done to detect any type of disability
and monitor development of the child. The check up is routinely conducted at a AWC
4 New WHO growth charts , with a gradings of malnutrition of severe moderate and mild replace the previous
growth charts which graded malnutrition between 1-4.
once in a quarter. Children who are severely affected should be referred to the PHC by
the Anganwadi Worker.
e. For severely malnourished children, financial assistance of Rs. 750 per annum is
provided to ensure their nutrition and medical expenses are met..
Bal Sanjeevni - Under 5 scheme for BPL families This scheme aims at arresting the rate of
severe malnutrition and seeks to bring about reduction in malnutrition among all children. All
children identified as suffering from malnutrition under each round of Bal Sanjeevni Campaign
are provided requisite medical treatment and parents/guardians of the identified malnourished
children are provided counseling regarding the significance of nutritional diet. Children who
need super speciality services are referred to recognised medical colleges. Going forward the
scheme should be extended to include more hospitals and medical colleges
Creches for children of working mothers
Children between 0 and 3 years whose mothers are engaged in agriculture and allied
occupations are covered under this scheme of the Department of Women and Child
Development. Day care services are set up where children are provided health care,
supplementary nutrition, facilities for children to sleep, immunization and recreation. The
Department assists Mahila Mandals and NGOs to set up these centres through Zilla Panchayats.
Schemes for children between 6 months- 3 years
Eligible children are provided services under ICDS that a package of 6 services is provided to
children including access to supplementary nutrition, immunisation, health checkups and
referrals, health check-ups and referrals, nutritional and health education services and non-formal
pre-school education. The details of the supplementary nutrition provided are as follows.
a
Rs. 4 per beneficiary per day and Rs. 6.00 for severely malnourished is provided in order
to meet a calorie and protein requirement of 500 calories and 12-15 grams of proteins
respectively for a normal child and 800 calories and 20-25 grams for a malnourished
child.
d. Take home rations (Amylase Energy Rich Food) distributed twice a month for all 6
months to 3 year olds
Schemes for children between 3- 6 years
Integrated Child Development Scheme Supplementary nutrition, financial assistance to
malnourished children, referral services and immunization, are provided to children of this age
group, eligible for ICDS coverage. The growth of the child is monitored by weighing of the child
in the anaganwad centre every month. , For this age group there is a greater focus on preschoold education.
Pre-school education is to be conducted every working day for about 2 hours. The education is
provided by the AWW in line with the syllabus of chilli pilli booklets and Vishaya Pradhana
Samagrha Shala Poorva Shikshayan. Pre-school education is very important to introduce the
children to the basics and pave the way for a smooth transition for the child from anganwadis to
schools. In pursuance of this objective, forty two subjects have been selected and each week one
of these subjects are taught to children. Subjects are taught using the “chilli pilli” books are in
the forms of stories and songs.
Every Anganwadi centre has been provided with Rs. 1000 worth of preschool kit. Pre school kits
are provided to the Anganwadis so that the children may learn through play. ?. The State intends
to follow an integrated thematic approach towards pre school education.
Creches by the Labour Department
Under various labour legislations such as Plantations
Labour Act, 1951, the Factories Act, 1948 and the Karnataka Factories Rules, 1969 and
regulations of the Construction and Other Workers Welfare Board, National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act it is mandated that employer provides creches for children in the 0-6 age group.
For children between the ages of 3-5, energy rich food is provided such as nutri corn, nutri-pop. Also
micronutrients are added to traditional foods such as kesari baths and bisi bele baths to make them more
palatable to children.
Early Child Care and Education: Strengthening Government Initiative through Cross
Learning
The Akshara Foundation runs the Balwadi6 programme for children between the ages of
4-6. Balwadis provide pre-school education to children and are established and run by
volunteers from within the community. This ensures the involvement of the community
in pre-school education. Balwadis also work along with anganwadis; balwadi volunteers
visit two anganwadis each and spending time teaching the kids. This ensures that the
anganwadi children also benefit from the combination of education and play that
balwadi programmes contain, while providing balwadi children access to immunization,
nutrition and healthcare programmes through the anganwadis.
Way forward: Key areas of focus
Over the last few years, ICDS has made substantial progress addressing concerns related to
health and overall development of both the mother and the child The government today runs an
impressive network of 60046 AWCs and 3331 mini Anganwadis covering all 175 taluks & 10
urban areas. At the heart of the operations of the AWCs are the Anganwadi workers, who play an
integral role in implementing activities that are delivered as part of the ICDS., The Anganwadi
worker is part of the community and hence can play a more proactive role in ensuring that the
mother and the child receive the required attention with respect to nutrition, and overall well
being.
However, further improvement in certain key areas can help improve the delivery on ground.
Following are the aspects which will be focussed on in this plan:
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To ensure that the family is prepared to offer the right environment for the well-being of
the child, there is a need to raise awareness about family planning, use of contraceptives and
planned pregnancies.
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In order to ensure eradication of malnutrition, there is a need to ensure effective
delivery of nutrients to either moderately or severely malnourished children. This
requires the Department of Health and Family Welfare and the Department of
Women and Child Development to work in close coordination, in order to ensure the
identification of such children by the Anganwadi workers and the subsequent
treatment by the ASHA’s and the AN M’s.
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In order to ensure effective delivery of services available to pregnant women under
ICDS, it is important to register their pregnancies as early as possible. Here, the role of
the ANM and ASHA workers in conjunction with the Anganwadi Workers is extremely
important since they can help identify and reach out to the pregnant women. They could
also serve as a recognizable point of contact for the pregnant women to reach out to.
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With infants who are HIV+, the first 18 months require constant monitoring and
medical intervention. Hence the Government of Karnataka will focus its efforts on
identifying such cases and do a continuous follow up with the pregnant women so that
the infant and the mother can be tracked from the moment of birth.
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Institutional deliveries ensure safer delivery, access to medical services and personnel. In
addition, it provides an opportunity to register births and share best practices such as
breast feeding and neonatal care. While the percentage of institutional deliveries has
increased over the years, specific awareness campaigns will be run to address cultural
issues that prohibit institutional deliveries.
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There is a need for greater awareness and actionable recommendations for families to
ensure better sanitation in houses and neighbourhoods. Specifically, availability of clean
drinking water and efficient waste management practices will be ensured.
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•
While there has been a strong focus on providing nutritious diet, there is still a
strong incidence of anaemia7 and goitre (due to iodine). This could be addressed
7 incidence of anaemia in pregnant women acc to Dept of Health and Family Welfare is 59.9%. Check MYRADA
study
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through iron supplements and use of iodized salt respectively. In addition, there
will be a thrust to improve delivery of micronutrients to all age groups.
In order to ensure eradication of malnutrition, there is a need to ensure effective delivery of
nutrients to affected children. This requires the Department of Health and Family Welfare and
the Department of Women and Child Development to work in close coordination, in order to
ensure the identification of such children by the Anganwadi workers, and the subsequent
treatment by the ASHA’s and the ANM’s.* Children in this age group should be able to use
stimulating and engaging physical spaces that will help them learn. This phase of the child
(between 0-6 years) is the foundation for primary education, and so, a seamless transition from
Anganwadis to the schools will be ensured.
While specific objectives, strategies and monitoring mechanisms have been detailed in
subsequent sections, realizing these goals requires a strong institutional model to ensure delivery.
In order to so, the following factors have to be considered.
Enable Anganwadi workers to be effective
The role of the Anganwadi worker is essential for the success of early child care schemes.
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Today, the AWW is tasked with both taking care of the needs of the child at the AWC as well as
to ensure that schemes targeting pregnant and lactating mothers, girl child (Bhagyalakshmi)
adolescents (Sabala) women empowerment (Stree Shakti) are effectively delivered. In order to
meet the ICDS’s primary goals a) of ensuring lower rates of malnutrition for children and b)
preschool education. Government of Karnataka proposes to ensure that it provides augment the
staffing pattern.
a) Each AWC will have three volunteers
b) One Anganwadi Worker whose primary responsibility is the child and his/her physical
and educational development. The said AWW will see that the AWC is run as per norms,
children enrolled attend regularly, nutrition supplements are given on time and as per
norms, imparting pre-school education to 3-6 year olds and ensuring a smooth transition
to primary schools. She will also be responsible for close monitoring of the children and
flagging developmental or other physical delays in the child’s growth to the ANMs and
ASHAs. This worker would ensure holistic development of the child.
c) The second AWW will be in charge of ensuring effective implementation of the schemes,
such as Bhagyalakshmi, Sabala and Stree Shakti i.e. all schemes which do not directly
concern the child enrolled in the AWC. This worker will be required to work with the
community in order to run awareness campaigns, conduct immunisation camps and
ensure dissemination of information. They will also ensure provision of supplementary
nutrition to adolescent girls, and monitor pregnant women and lactating mothers. They
will promote awareness of breastfeeding, work with the ANMs to provide children with
regular doses of vitamins and micronutrients and improve food distribution to BPL
families through PDS to ensure food security.
d) Anganwadi helper who will look after the administrative needs of the Anganwadi, such
as preparation of food and cleaning of the premises.
The Results Framework Document (RFD) prepared by the Department of Women and Child
Development will be used as the performance measurement framework for the AWWs and
AWCs.
Augment physical infrastructure at Anganwadis
At this time less than half of all Anganwadi buildings are located on land owned by the
government. It is essential that all Anganwadi centres have their own buildings as then the state
will be able to ensure that anganwadis are run as per norms i.e. with playgrounds, safe kitchens,
toiletes, safe water etc..
Recreation spaces for young children
Department of Women and Child Development will also work closely with Infrastiuctuie
departments such as Department of Municipal Administration, Department of Urban
Development and Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj to ensure that
playgrounds close to anganwadis and schools are child friendly and outfitted with equipment
such as slides, seesaws etc.. Efforts will be made to ensure that parks are accessible to all
children including differently abled children.
Scale Anganwadis as centres for holistic development
While there have been Anganwadis setup across the state, there is a need to make these
Anganwadis learning centres that create a child friendly environment. NGOs and private
organizations have successfully adopted select Anganwadi centres to set up
child friendly
toilets, provide clean drinking water and safe play areas, as well as “child proofed cooking
areas”, and put up child friendly paintings. Such initiatives will be scaled to all Anganwadis.
To create the right learning opportunities in the Anganwadi centres linkages will be established
between the Anganwadis and the primary schools on learning objectives
Build a suitable infrastructure for early child care for children of working parents
In order to satisfy the demands of the working labour population, the state intends to convert one
anganwadi centre per community into a creche cum anganwadi centre. This conversion will be
on a need basis and should be run not by department set norms but by the demands of the
community, in order to provide the greatest assistance to the parents. The key purpose here
would be to ensure that children of poor working parents are provided a) nutrition b) care c)
access to healthcare and d) pre-school education.
Improving the local health services infrastructure
To improve health care infrastructure, primary health centres and community health centres will
be strengthened. At the PHC, provision will be made for new born corners. Essential institutional
support and trained personnel to handle concerns of the new born will be made available at all
PHC’s. Effort will also be made in this decade to provide specialised health care personnel at
CHC/PHC level to facilitate and enable early detection of disability amongst 0-6 year children.
Coordination between Department of Women and Child Development (ICDS) Department
of Health and Family Welfare (RCH) and Department of Disabled Welfare
Coordination between AWW, ANM and ASHA and VRWs will be strengthened. Administrative
guidelines will be issued to clearly delineate the roles and activities of the Accredited Social
Health Activist (ASHA), Anganwadi workers and Auxiliary mid Nurse (ANM) and VRWs to
ensure that there’s sufficient coordination and synergies across their individual lesponsibilities.
At the district and state level, a monthly meeting will be held jointly between Director
Reproductive & Child Health (RCH) and Joint Director, ICDS and Director, Disabled Welfare.
The agenda at these monthly meetings will be monitoring activities and strategies listed to
achieve the key performance indicators and goals jointly established in the State Action Plan,
2011-2020 by the above two departments.
Early detection of Disability
Early detection of disability is extremely important as it facilitates early care and rehabilitation
of the child. Screening of all newly horns will be made mandatory in a phased manner for all
institutional deliveries. Department of Health and Family Welfare will in conjunction with the
Department of Disabled Welfare issue norms and guidelines to ensure screening and early
identification of disabilities. Anganwadi workers (AWWs) will be trained on a periodic basis to
detect both developmental delays and physical development.
In the event of a child being identified as potentially having a disability by either the VRW,
ANM, AWW or PHC doctors, it will be the prime responsibility of the VRW to be the lead and
refer the child to for specialised attention to the developmental paediatrician.
In addition, Village Rehabilitation workers (VRWs) appointed by the Department of Disabled
Welfare will be trained to liaise with the ANMs, ASHAs and AWWs to enable registration of all
disabled children. AWWs at anganwadis will be trained to detect in the 0-6 age group signs of
physical or mental disability and immediately flag those for referral, fo the existing ieporting
format presented at the monthly meetings held at the block level (AWWs and ANMs and PHC
doctor are present) an additional column will be included to ensure that children with difficulties
are identified. VRWs will also be encouraged to create awareness amongst families of differently
abled children to bring them to anganwadis for regular check-ups.
Early intervention for children identified with disability
Early intervention and support is essential for the child to lead a full life. Government of
Karnataka will adopt the following strategy to ensure early intervention.
a) Department of Disabled Welfare will develop a comprehensive checklist of symptoms
and signs, which shall be used to identify disabilities ranging from sight, speech, auditory
to developmental delays.
b) Department of Disabled Welfare will develop training modules in close cooperation with
Department of Health and Family Welfare to train i) AWWs ii) ANMs iii) PHC doctors
iv) private practice paediatricians v) VRWs - to enable early detection and early
intervention
c)
Department of Disabled Welfare will create a resource directory containing the contact
numbers and addresses of agencies for the purpose of referral. Given that the number of
specialised referral service provider network is sparse at the district level, the State will
also establish a help line which can provide support to village level functionaries (VRWs,
AWWs, ANMs, PHC doctors) and to parents
d) Government of Karnataka shall also endeavour to set up early intervention centres/cells at
the Taluk Level. These cells shall be established at Taluk level hospitals. These cells will
be staffed with personnel who are trained by physiotherapists, occupational therapists and
speech therapists to help children with disabilities.
Recognising that disability treatment is a vast area, which cannot be encompassed by a single
practitioner, the Department of Disability Welfare shall also establish links with different
voluntary organisations and NGO’s having expertise in the treatment, rehabilitation and care of
children with special needs to develop training modules, checklists to enable village level
functionaries to identify and provide support to the child and to conduct training programmes.
Standards and norms for balwadis and creches :
ICDS and DWCD will develop and issue standard norms which will be adopted by Department
of Labour to conduct inspections of creches run at factories, construction sites and other work
places mandated by the law ; and other State Departments (Municipal Corporations,...) running
creches and child care centres.
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The Department of labour will submit a quarterly report to the Department of Women and Child
Development which will include indicators such as inspections undertaken, and play material
available, learning material available, nutrition given etc..
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Karnataka State Action Plan for children 2011-20
Overview and Vision
Children [6 - 14 years]
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Vision of the state
In addressing the needs of the children in the age group of 6 - 14, the state will continue to keep
its focus on providing quality and accessible primary and secondary education for all children.
To ensure universal education, education must become the preferred alternative for the child.
And in order to ensure the same, the government has to address all influencing factors in order to
enable the child to choose education.
Government of Karnataka’s education policy aims to:
Empower a child to grow into a socially responsible citizen, who is able to leverage
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livelihood opportunities available to her/him.
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Provide education which is in keeping with the socio-cultural milieu of the child
To meet these broad principles it envisions providing every child, in the state
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Easy Access to quality and holistic education in his / her neighbourhood, in schools equipped
with essential infrastructure
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An inclusive model of education that keeps in mind the special needs and challenges of
children, while providing quality education.
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Access to essential healthcare services in his / her neighbourhood.
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A social infrastructure that provides the child access to creative, sports and recreational
spaces both in the school and in the community.
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Proactive support for children living in difficult circumstances through financial and other
relevant assistance to his / her family and appropriate engagement with the child.
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Safeguards from risks such as child pornography, child trafficking and sexual abuse crimes;
and can reach out to a trusted entity in the local community for rehabilitation and care.
Specifically, the state will focus its efforts in ensuring retention and reducing drop outs
for all children, with a specific focus on children from families belonging to socially
disadvantaged caste groups such as Scheduled caste, Scheduled Tribes and Minorities
and economically weaker sections.
Mentoring Schools: An initiative to enable public involvement
School Nurturing Programme introduced by the Department of Public Instruction is an
attempt by the government to actively involve the community in bettering the quality of
education in the state. The programme allows ‘nurturers’ to adopt a school from a
comprehensive list and engage with the school through various activities, such as
training teachers and students, developing facilities such as libraries and labs,
undertaking construction activities in schools etc. The programme aims to achieve the
goal of providing quality education to all children in the state while tackling challenges
faced by the government in implementing this goal.
Existing schemes and policies
The Department of Public instruction aims to equip children of the State with specified
knowledge, skills and values to enable them to become good human beings and productive,
socially responsible citizens and to achieve excellence in whatever they do. The policies of the
department work towards universal enrollment, improvement of infrastructure, making the
learning process more child centric, and involving the local community in school management.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
The SSA is a programme that envisions universal access to education from I to VIII standards to
all children up to 14 years, provision of education of a satisfactory quality with emphasis on life
skills and meaningful schooling, with due concerns for equity and regional paiity. The
programme also aims to involve the community up to the village level and especially local
government institutions in management of schools.
In order to ensure all out of school children are brought into the purview of formal schooling,
the following strategies are adopted:
1. 12 months non residential bridge courses:
a. Feeder schools are run in habitations where children have to walk more than 1
K.M to attend school, and where a regular school cannot be opened because of
fewer children
(less than 10 children in a habitation). Feeder schools were
opened in habitations where the community opted for a centre rather than
transportation facility.
b. Transport facilities to children who do not have lower primary schooling facilities
within a radius of 1 km and upper primary schooling facilities within 3 K.M have
been provided.
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12 months NRBC: are opened for OOSC who need longer duration of bridge
course.
d. Madrasas: Children who are studying in Madrasas are covered under this substrategy.
2. 12 months residential bridge schools: Under this, 2 programmes are conducted
a.
12 months RBC- provides residential facility for out of school children who are in
acute poverty.
b. Ashakirana centers are residential in nature, with an aim to reduce drop-outs for
various reasons. Hostel facility is provided to children at schools/community
halls/public buildings. It is mostly run by NGOs with the co-operation of Head
Master and SDMC Educational Volunteers.
To address concerns related to children dropping out due to migration of parents, the following
strategies are adopted under SSA:
1. Tent schools are opened for children who have migrated along with their parents. In
places where parents stay in make shift shelters near their places of work, tent schools are
opened. These schools have been opened all over the state to provide bridge courses.
After successful completion of the bridge course, students are admitted to nearby schools
in the standards appropriate to their age and attainment levels. In case a child moves
during the academic year, she would be provided with migration cards. The Head
Teacher of the school of the out migrating school uses these cards to declare the results.
These cards can also be used to get admission in new tent schools.
2. 6 months seasonal residential bridge course is provided for the potential drop out
children due to their parent’s migration. The school serves as a hostel for such children.
These children attend formal school.
Other strategies adopted by SSA in Karnataka in the pursuit of the goal of ensuring universal
access to education include:
1. Special enrolment drives are held to pursue the parents of the out of school children, the
non enrolled drop outs to enroll them into schools. The parents are made aware of the
importance of education at these drives.
2. Mobile schools: is a programme undertaken especially for children living id slums of
Bangalore City- in convergence with Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation. At
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In order to ensure the education provided is of good quality, the following schemes are relevant:
1. SSA has been supporting the initiative Karnataka School Quality
Assessment Organization (KSQAO). KSQAO is part of the state department
of school education. Under the initiative, the quality of education in schools
across the state is assessed through a programme of competency based testing
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2. Teacher training: The state guidelines for training have been prepared and
issued by the Directorate of State Educational Research and Training, in
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To understand the complex dynamic of community participation and its impact on quality
education, SSA has implemented a pilot project Namma Shale with financial support from Azim
Premji foundation and administrative support from the Government of Karnataka.
Provision of Quality Medical Services
Suvarna Arogya Chaitanya , is a scheme to provide free medical services to school children. This
is a comprehensive health check up campaign for all school children studying in the 1st to 10th
standards. It has been piloted for the first time in the country to conduct annual medical
examinations of nearly one crore Public and Private school children followed by medical care at
both governement and private hospitals. In case of severe complications in health, surgical care
is also provided. Health check Up cards have been printed by the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and
Transportation charges are being provided by Akshara Deora. For the years 2008-11, 5769
surgeries have been carried out at the cost of 23 crores, which is provided for by the NHRM
fund.
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Provision of Emergency Ambulance Services : Arogya Kavacha
GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute is a not for profit organisation formed to
run Emergency Management Services under Public Private Partnership framework.
The commencement of GVK EMRI Karnataka happened with a signing of an MOU with the
Government of Karnataka on the 14th of August 2008 and the ‘M 08 Service” was launched on the
1st Nov 2008 in Bangalore. It was launched under the Arogya Kavacha Scheme in partnership
with the Department Of Health and Family Welfare. In the 2 years since the commencement of
the scheme, 517 ambulances have been deployed and are operational, which cover all 30
districts. Almost 20 lakh calls have been attended, out of which there have been 10 lakh medical
emergencies and 4 lakh pregnancy related cases. This initiative has significantly contributed to
reducing maternal and infant mortality rate.
Scholarships and financial assistance for education
Incentive Scholarships from I to IV standard students
The main aim of this scheme is to minimize the dropout rate among SC students at the primary
education level. Each child is given an incentive of Rs. 75 per annum. All SC student^ studying
in Government/recognized/aided schools are eligible for the scholarship. A list of SC children is
prepared by the concerned school master/headmistress and submitted to the Taluk Social Welfare
Officer for sanction. The cheque will be sent to concerned schools for disbursement. After start
of the academic year, the application for scholarship can be made through the school.
Pre-matric Scholarships
These are provided by the Department of Social Welfare to students who study from 6th to 10th
standards. There is no income limit for the award of the scholarships. Rs. 75 per annum is
awarded to students up to 7th standard, and Rs. 100 per annum is given to high school students.
Applications for the award of pre-matric scholarships are obtained from Taluk Social Welfare
officer and distributed to SC students by the head master/mistress at school. The dully filled
scholarship forms are collected from students and submitted for sanction to the Taluk Social
Welfare Officer. After the scrutiny, the scholarships are sanctioned and the cheque along with
the list is sent to the school, where the scholarships are disbursed in the presence of the parents
of the students. In order to be eligible for this scholarship, SC students from 5th to 10th standard
need to fulfill the following conditions:
a. Students should not reside in any Government or Government aided hostel.
b. They must not be recipients of any other scholarship other than the merit
scholarship.
c. The scholarship applications must be filled in the required format.
Merit scholarships
In order to inculcate a competitive spirit among SC children for scoring better marks in exams,
Merit scholarships are given in addition to pre-matric scholarship. The students have to fulfill the
following conditions to be eligible:
a. Obtained not less than 60% marks in the annual examination of the previous class.
b. The annual income of parents is not considered for merit scholarship. In middle
school, the amount given is Rs. 75 p.a. From 8th to 10th standard, Rs. 100 per annum
is given. The amount given is in addition to the pre-matric Scholarship.
c. The student with good merit in annual exams must be recommended by the head
master/head mistress of the concerned school for the scholarship.
After the commencement of a new Academic year, the merit scholarship for the previous year
will be sanctioned based on the performance in the exams, of the concerned student.
Pre-matric Scholarships to the children of those parents who are engaged in un-clean
occupation
This is a centrally sponsored scheme where 50% grants come from the GOI and 50% is borne by
the State Govt. All students whose parents are engaged in unclean occupations are eligible for
scholarships under this scheme. The selection of the children whose parents are engaged in
unclean occupation is made separately by the school headmaster and sent to the Taluk Social
Welfare Officer for sanctioning. Children who reside in the government or aided hostels are also
eligible for scholarship. The following are the details of the scholarships:
Day scholars:
1. Class I to V - Rs. 40.00 per month for 10 months.
2. Class VI to VIII - Rs. 60.00 per month for 10 months.
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3. Class IX to X - Rs. 75.00 per month for 10 months.
Hostellers:
1. Class III to VIII - Rs. 300. Per month for 10 months per student.
2. Class IX to X - Rs. 300.00 per month for 10 months per student.
An ad hoc grant of Rs. 550/ is given to day scholars and Rs. 600/- to hostellers.
Schemes for encouraging holistic development
Hoysala and Keladi Chennama Award are provided by the Department of Women and Child
Welfare to two boys and two girls from every district in the age group of 6- 14, who display
extraordinary courage in saving lives of others. Cash prize of Rs. 10,000 and citation to each
awardee and a scholarship of Rs. 2,000 till the completion of school education are provided.
Going forward: Key areas of focus
Access to quality and holistic education
The state government is committed to ensure that every child has access to education. Due to
efforts over the last few years, today majority of the children have access to schools within 1-3
KM in their neighbourhood. In addition, schemes that provide free uniforms, books and other
accessories have made education more affordable and provided an incentive for parents to send
their children to school. The State will continue to constantly endeavour to improve quality of
education and infrastructure.
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Focus on reading, writing and arithmetic
As a minimum prerequisite of education, it is important that the children have strong capabilities
in reading, writing and arithmetic since they act as a foundation for further learning Studies (
Reference?) on the ground highlight that children who have not acquired basic competencies in
these skills face challenges in pursuing further education or gaining employment.
Efforts by key NGOs aim to highlight and address this gap in the education among children of all
age groups. The state is committed to providing a scalable solution, in collaboration with local
civil society groups, private sector and NGOs, to address this problem across all districts. In line
with this. Government of Karnataka is working towards institutionalizing appropriate metrics to
constantly monitor the quality of educational attainment of children on key skills KSQA is an
effort in this direction. The next decade will see a greater emphasis on quality education
Improving the existing school infrastructure
Supportive infrastructure is required for imparting quality education. Sufficient physical spaces
such as classrooms are required for children to be comfortable, and engage with each other .
Recognising this, efforts will be strengthened to provide classrooms, access to books through
libraries, , access to computers so that children can broaden their horizons beyond the confines
of the prescribed syllabus.
Improving Quality of Education: A NGO-Governmcnt partnership
Karnataka Teaming Partnership6* brings together the various stakeholders involved in
primary education to improve the quality of schools and education in Karnataka. The
Partnership intends to achieve this by teaming up with NGOs working in relevant fields
such as education, health, nutrition, using the data generated by these NGOs to assess
the current status of education in Karnataka and use this assessment to galvanize the
community and ultimately the government, to bring about changes in the existing
system. Improving the existing school infrastructure
Focus on Life skills
World Health Organization (WHO) defines Life Skills are as "abilities for adaptive and positive
behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of
everyday life." Education has a role to play in not just improving the child’s aptitude but also
ensuring that the child grows up as a responsible adult who is able to face and overcome life’s
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Today, various NGOs have adopted and partnered with government schools to complement the
existing curriculum with life skills covering value education, character building through sports
and language skills for better communication and clarity of thought. These organizations also
emphasize the importance of work ethic, taking responsibilities at home and within the
community and how experiential learning is equally important.
It is essential that such skills are institutionalized so that it is scalable and is delivered across
schools in the state. The state will sensitize its teachers and explore partnerships with local non
governmental organizations that can support in complementing the teachers and aid in delivery
of this education.
Focus on capacity building of teachers
Achieving improvements in quality of education is not possible without focusing on the teachers
who impart the education today. The state will focus on providing trainings and sensitization
programmes to teachers to ensure that they are able to identify specific needs of individual
children and address the same. The teachers will also be trained in the use of computers and
other multimedia technologies so that they could use the same in enhancing the quality of
delivery. While the role of NGOs and other civil society organizations in complementing the
education delivery in schools is welcome, the state shall formulate a clear engagement model so
that both the teachers and the organizations can work together in order to improve the overall
quality of education.
Support inclusivity in education
Addressing school dropouts and lateral entries
As part of state’s efforts to end child labour and ensure universal education, there’s special
attention to onboard children who have dropped out of school or have not been part of the
schooling system. These children are at a disadvantage since they have missed out on valuable
years of school education. The state is committed to ensuring that the children are enrolled in age
appropriate levels of the school education.
In order to be able to do so, special attention will be taken to make sure that the children are
provided extra support and care in the mainstreaming process that will help adapt to the needs of
the school education. The state also acknowledges that the challenges are not purely academic.
Care also will be taken to ensure that the child is able to adapt to the system both emotionally
and psychologically.
Systematic joint-departmental reviews will be conducted to monitor
retention of children, particularly children belonging to disadvantaged groups such as Scheduled
Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Minorities. Government of Karnataka will use the findings of key
research studies conducted by V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, National Institute of Public
Education (NIEPA), State Council of Education, Research and Training to inform its policy and
formulate strategies to help reduce drop outs and in mainstreaming of children in school. These
studies have pointed to a) the need for mentors and counsellors in schools to help children adapt
to the learning environment b) the need for career counselling in schools to help children from
especially disadvantaged communities find their feet in the educational system. The process has
already been institutionalised, and will be scaled up in the next decade.
In addition, efforts will be made to ensure that such children are able to use alternative
accreditation models (such as NIOS) to formalize their learning. The state shall facilitate and
simplify access to such accreditation models to the children.
Child Labour Rescue and Rehabilitation : Research informing Policy
Analysis of a child labour rescue operation by EQUATIONS and APSA9: The report,
“Rescuing Child Labourers: An Analysis of the Operation Undertaken to Rescue
Children Trafficked to Labour in the Jewellery Units of Karnataka”, prepared by two
NGOs; APSA and EQUATIONS contains a detailed analysis of a child labour rescue
operation involving a situation of inter-state trafficking. The report breaks down the
rescue operation into seven stages (planning, rescue operation, immediate post-rescue,
short term care, legal Intervention, the journey home and post-return situation) and
analyzes the planning that went into each of these stages and the manner in which the
operation and rescue and rehabilitation was conducted. Interviews with the rescued
children and families are used to construct a comprehensive picture of the socio
economic context that contributes to child labour and the psychological states of the
children and the families. Importantly, the report analyses the various lacunae in each
stage of the rescue operation and gives suggestions for rectifying each of these thus,
constructing a picture of what a thorough and effective rescue operation would involve.
This is now being considered for adoption by the Department of Labour, Government of
Karnataka.
Ensuring inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream schools:
The Government Of Karnataka acknowledges that it is essential to facilitate integration
of children with disabilities into mainstream education in order to prevent segregation
of the child. The state will ensure that resources are targeted at existing mainstream
educational facilities in order to develop their capacity to include disabled students.
Mainstream education shall be adapted to meet the requirements of each child, so that
persons with disability may avail of an inclusive education in ther own community. The
state will follow the strategies detailed below in order to bring about structural changes
in the educational system to facilitate this objective:
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Efforts will be made to integrate children with motor handicaps and other mild handicaps
into the mainstream classroom education, so as to provide the child with an inclusive holistic
experience.
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Efforts will be made to design, modify and adapt curriculum and teaching-learning material
(e.g. provide large print material) according to a set of standardised norms.
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Systems of examinations will be implemented that help the child overcome the disadvantage
due to the nature and extent of disability including
permitting use of technology and
adaptations (E.g. calculators) and to provide for flexibility in qualifying marks and pass
percentages for children with severe learning difficulties, mental
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promote total communication including augmentative & alternative
communication methods in different environments with the use of individualized way of
speaking and listening, using non verbal or metaphorical forms for communication,
especially in case of people with autism, deatblindness, cerebral-palsy, mental illness etc.
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Use of technology targeted towards the needs of children with disabilities will be
encouraged to complement and aid the existing teaching methods.
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Efforts will be made to see that schools provide an environment to the child that is disability
friendly. As a first step, barrier free environments (ramps in schools, appropriate toilets,
furniture and sports facilities) will be created in schools, particularly in new schools.
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Access to the school will be facilitated through appropriate means of transport.
Providing specialised educational support to children with disabilities:
The state recognises that it is not ideal to place all children with disabilities in a regular
education classroom. The state will therefore attempt to institute a system by which children with
major disabilities will be afforded the opportunity to study in specialised schools where
programs will be developed in order to support their specific educational needs, and allow
him/her to learn to the best of her ability. These schools will have a team of multidisciplinary
experts, such as a physical therapist, a child development expert, an occupational expert, and a
speech and language expert among others.
These schools will provide transportation and
developmental, corrective and other support services that the child needs to benefit from
education.
Training of Resource Persons and Teachers.
The state shall provide trained and motivated teachers for the implementation of effective
inclusion. Translating policy into practice will depend on the continued development of skills
and confidence of teachers and support staff in meeting the diverse range of children’s needs.
The state shall support
professional development of teachers and other support staff in pre
service and in service training programmes.
Special orientation for resource personnel and
managing staff (CRC/BRC/ lERTs) shall be organized, for capacity building.
Adequate provisions shall be made through DIET at district level, through BRC at block level,
through CRC at cluster level and through IERT at school level to provide resource support in
terms of trained personnel, educational materials, equipments (aids and appliances) and
therapeutic support. Apart from lERT’s who act as consultants and visit schools on a weekly
basis provision shall be made for two full time resource teachers at every school to look after the
special needs of the children
Information cells shall be set up at a CRC and a BRC level, which shall provide a comprehensive
database of the needs and requirements for every type of disability, for the resource personnel to
draw upon.
Addressing children with learning difficulties
The state acknowledges that children with learning difficulties need special attention care.
Today, most of these children are part of the system unidentified and often targeted for poor
performance. Hence, it is important to identify the children with learning difficulties as soon as
possible and provide them the required care to help them cope with the difficulties.
While doing so, the state will ensure that the system - including the teachers - is sensitized to
address the needs of such children and involve the right psychological expert in order to ensure
that the right measures are taken.
Proactive support to children in difficult circumstances
Opportunities for families to avoid child labour
Existing studies have highlighted that the key reasons for children being pulled out of school are
financial constraints and the need for elder siblings to take care of younger ones in the family.
Hence in order to address this problem proactively, the state will provide incentives to families in
need that send their children to school. Financial assistance will be provided to families to
encourage them to send children to school beyond class V. In case of elder siblings in the house
who are eligible to work, appropriate vocational training will be provided that will help the
siblings gain employment and support the financial needs of the family.
In case of younger siblings, the schools will be equipped with creches so that the children can
leave their younger siblings in the creches while they attend school.
Opportunities for ch ildren from socially and culturally disadvantaged groups
Studies and data point to the fact that more than 60% of children belonging to scheduled caste,
scheduled tribe and minority groups drop out of schools. The State will address this problem pro
actively. It will provide tuition support, financial incentives and counselling support to ensure
retention of children in schools. It will also provide soft skill and language support to these
children with a view to enabling them achieve success in their lives.
Ensure Child rights
The rights of the child must be ensured not just in the family but in the community at large. The
physical and psychological safety of the child will be ensured. Civil society groups in Karnataka
are amongst the pioneers who have demonstrated that child representation in policy making i.e.
taking into account children’s views — results in better articulation and formulation of
programmes. Government of Karnataka also acknowledges the need to involve children in the
planning process. Public hearings with children have been effective in creating awareness and
reducing child labour; and in making known the existing state of juvenile and care homes. The
state will as a policy in the next decade facilitate and encourage such forms of child
participation.
Support for Sports and Arts
The state recognizes the role of sports and recreation in the overall development of the child. As
defined in the Article 31 of the UNICEF Convention on the rights of the child, all children have
the right to play. The freedom and space to indulge in creative ails and sport are major
components of the definition of play. The state is committed to provide the same to the child.
The Department of youth service and sports, department of public instruction, municipalities and
district administration will provide the required infrastructure and physical spaces both in the
school, as playgrounds, and in the community, as parks, for sports and recreation activities. It
will ascertain that these spaces are lively, child-friendly and are equipped with the essential
facilities to engage the child. In addition, it will encourage the pursuit of creative arts in schools
and ensure that the students are provided opportunities to appreciate and learn the local forms of
art.
The state government has mandated sports and arts as an integral part of the school curriculum so
that it is treated as an essential pail of pedagogical activities. In addition, the state will increase
the number of qualified teachers who can help children hone their skills in ails and sports. The
state acknowledges that the sports and arts are not purely limited to recreation, and provide the
required support, financially and through central infrastructure, to aspiring artists and sportsmen
and sportswomen. Appropriate channels and events will be organized to identify dnd foster
talent, irrespective of the socio-economic background of the child.
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Access to healthcare services
Improving nutritional and health status of children: The early years of schooling are
crucial for the physical and psychological growth of the child. Without adequate nutrition, the
child will not be able to learn well, and make the most of these crucial years. Provision of hot
mid day meals in schools help address this need, while also providing an incentive to children to
enrol in, and continue to attend school.
The state will ensure that the mid-day meals of good quality are provided regularly in all schools.
For overall well being of the child, good health is of vital importance. For the achievement of
this objective, focus will be on promoting awareness on aspects such as cleanliness, nutrition and
sanitation.In terms of nutritional supplements, iron supplements are being provided along with
mid-day deals to Anganwadi children every alternate day and Vitamin A and deworming tablets
are given every 6 months. These benefits should be extended to high school students. There will
also be a thrust on improved access to health care services. In line with this, provision of clean
drinking water, clean toilets and effective waste management will be strengthened in schools and
in communities.
Suvarna Arogya Chaitanya - improved access to specialised healthcare to identify disabilities
Provision of Quality Mid-Day Meals : A Public-Private Partnership
Akshayapatra7", the mid-day meal scheme as run by the Akshayapatra Foundation uses
technology and awareness of the regional food habits to make mid-day meals healthy,
nutritious and enjoyable. The food sent to schools is freshly cooked in Akshayapatra
kitchens every morning and transported in specially insulated vans which ensure that
the food is at least 60 deg C when it reaches the school. Further, the Foundation
frequently collects feedback about the food from the children and incorporates changes
in the menu. The menu also changes every week, hence ensuring the food does not get
repetitive and boring. Further the Foundation ensures that the food prepared is in
with the food habits in the region.
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School also acts as an effective channel to address the overall health of the child. Hence, in
addition to the regular meals, children will also be provided the required supplementary nutrition
to ensure children receive the necessary vitamins and minerals. Regular medical camps will be
conducted in schools to constantly monitor the health of the children. In addition, there will be a
strong focus on physical development as part of the school curriculum.
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Vision of the state
Adolescence is a crucial period as it marks the transition from childhood to adulthood. There are
several physical, psychological and emotional challenges that are faced by an adolescent, At this
age, adolescents are exposed to various risks such as
the risk of early pregnancy and
childbearing, gender discrimination, sexual abuse and exploitation, STI s/HlV/AIDs. It is also at
this stage that several children make the choice between education and employment. Ill informed
choices at this stage may lead to weak job creation and eventual socio-economic exclusion. In
addition, while adolescents have by passed the age of the highest mortality, their continued
physical well being depends on the availability of adequate nutrition, micro nutrients in diet and
access to health services.
So, the Karnataka Government envisions provide to all adolescents in Karnataka an environment
in which they can make informed choices. The following are the areas of focus to ensure the
overall well being of the adolescent:
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Improved access to, and quality of post-matric education.
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Access to relevant vocational education that ensures employability.
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Awareness of potential health risks such as substance abuse and HIV/AIDS.
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Awareness about sexual behaviour and reproductive health.
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Access to safe drinking water, sanitational facilities and health facilities
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Access to life skills training to build needed competencies for social development.
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Increased participation of children from especially disadvantaged communities such as
Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Minorities in post matriculation education and
formal vocational education.
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Existing schemes and policies
Pre-vocational education
Department of higher education provides pre-vocational education in over 900 schools in
Karnataka. Adolescents are allowed to choose a vocation based subject for their XII standard
exams.
Industrial Training Institutions:
ITTs run by the Department of Employment and Training now recognise that there is a need to
provide vocational education to adolescents. Many pilots using the modular employability skill
training (MES) curricula are in operation. ITIs are now also mandated to provide post-training
job placements. Craftsmen training is also implemented through the I fl s, wherein skills training
is provided in various vocational trades. Training is provided in 43 engineering and 24 non
engineering trades. Successful trainees are awarded the national trade certificate and are
classified as semi skilled craftsmen.
Community polytechnic
Department of Technical Education has set up community polytechnics, to benefit the poorer
sections in rural and urban areas. These Polytechnics have been set up at taluk level wherein
adolescents are provided locally relevant vocational training opportunities such as mobile repair,
electronic goods repair. These diploma programmes are available for adolescents who have
passed X and XII students.
Vocational education scholarships for minorities, SC/ST. Modular Employability Skill
training
Government of Karnataka has recently instituted schemes through which adolescents from
excluded and minority communities can access training and certification through the MES.
Training cost as well as scholarships is provided to trainees.
National Institute of Open Schooling
This is the only system that is providing Open Basic Education and Pre-Vocational Courses and
Vocational courses. Around 60 vocational education courses in agriculture, business, commerce,
engineering, technology, para medical, health, applied sciences and social service sectors have
been introduced
Finishing Schools
Finishing schools are run by specific departments of the Government and NGO’s to provide
training in language, communication and general life skills to adolescents. Soft skills training of
this nature is essential for employability today.
Special Coaching classes
Department of Social Welfare conducts special coaching classes for SC, ST and OBC children to
enable them to compete on an equal footing in grade XII.
Sabala
A recent scheme of the scheme of the GOI Department of Women and Child Development.
Sabala aims to address the multi-dimensional concerns of adolescent girl children in the age
group of 11-18 years. The project which has been implemented through the platform of ICDS, is
functioning on a pilot basis in 9 districts of Karnataka . I he girls would be empowered by
improvement in their nutritional and health status and upgrading home, life and vocational skills.
It also aims at equipping the girls on family welfare, health, hygiene and information and
guidance on existing public services, along with mainstreaming out of school girls into formal or
non-formal education. The main objectives of the scheme are :
1) Enable self development and empowerment of AG's
2) Improve their nutrition and health statusSpread awareness amond them about health,
hygiene, nutrition. Adolescent reproductive and sexual health, and family and child
care.
3) Upgrade their home based skills, life skills and vocational skills.
4) Mainstream out of schools AG’s into formal/non formal education.
5) Inform and guide them about existing public school services.
Kishori Shakti Yojana is a scheme under ICDS is another scheme that focuses particularly on
the needs of the adolescent girl child. In 9 districts in Karnataka the KSY scheme and NSAG
have been merged into one scheme, whereas in the rest of the districts the KSY scheme is solely
operational.(Details have been provided in the girl child section)
The Integrated Programme for Street Children of the Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment seeks to rescue and rehabilitate street children.
Integrated Child Protection Scheme is a comprehensive scheme which brings under its
umbrella the existing child protection schemes of the GOI in order to provide a holistic approach
to the care and protection of children.
This scheme proposes to safeguard children by strengthening families and preventing children
becoming homeless through provision of family services and counseling. They also piovide
support to children already outside the mainstream by creating a safety net foi them, beginning
from emergency outreach services to final rehabilitation and reunion with their families thereby
preventing avoidable institutionalization.
Under the scheme specialized programs provide services to the more vulnerable categoiies of
children by capacity building of families, community, NGOs, local bodies, police judiciary and
other concerned departments of State Government and undertaking research, advocacy and
spreading awareness about child related issues. 1 hey also initiate any other need based
specialized innovative services including child guidance and counseling especially to combat
drug abuse, HIV/AIDS and sexual abuse.
Scheme For Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Grants are provided by the Government of India to run de addiction clinics herein counselling.
Treatment and rehabilitation facilities are provided. To create awareness about the ill effects of
drugs and alcohol dependence, awareness camps are organised for the general public.
Voluntary organisations having experience in the field, good basic infrastructure and financial
background are eligible for financial assistance. The GO1 has sanctioned 31 deaddiction
rehabilitation centres out of which 30 are functioning in the state.
Targeting Adolescents : Vasantha Agaman and Sneha Clinics
Adolescents constitute about 22% of the population. It is the responsibility of the Governement
Of India to provide them with information, skills, health services, counseling as well as a safe
and supportive environment.
It was found that a large number of the female adolescent population are at risk through early
sexal activity, pregnancies, STI’s etc. The various issues related to the maternal health of the
adolescent were also analysed and it was found that, overall access and utilisation of sei vices in
terms of Ante Natal Check ups, MTP. Spacing of Pregnancies, ST1/RTI, and information about
HIV/AIDs deserved attention in the adolescent group.
Hence GOK launched the ARSH programme last year, in which 12 districts were selected for
implementation in the state. In the first phase. Medical officer and Jr Health Asst and Sr Health
Asst training has been provided. Awareness creating programme for the community at large
through All India Radio, every week on Saturday morning at 7.15 AM where 15 minute radio
lessons (in drama form) are broadcasted throughout Karnataka as a part of the Vasantha Agaman
Program
Services are provided regularly in the OPD at all PHC/CHC/TH. In addition on every Thursday
between 3 and 5 , Special Adolescent Clinics are conducted under the SNEHA Clinic program in
all PHC’s, Taluks, Dist Hospitals. Counselling services are also provided at this time.
Going forward: Key areas of focus
Improve quality of high school education
The Government of Karnataka has constantly endeavoured to provide quality education to
children at all levels. Increasing access to. and quality of high school education has been of great
importance to the Government. Through various departmental initiatives, efforts to impiove
access and quality of the education provided at the high school level will be continued. Good
infrastructure will be ensured in all high school, keeping in mind particularly the needs of girls
and differently-abled children.
The State recognises the need for physical recreation to ensure the holistic development of the
adolescent. Therefore, the state undertakes that adequate provisions shall be made for games,
sports and recreation in schools and other institutions. Open spaces shall be piovided in the
vicinity of schools to serve as playgrounds and shall be equipped with the appropriate
infrastructure and equipment to enable the children to be able to learn and participate in sports.
Curriculum shall be developed for physical education and trainers will be present in order to
ensure effective implementation of the same. There shall also be access to facilities ielating to
cultural and arts.
The State will also ensure that all children
girls and boys - from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled
Tribe and Minority families will be provided additional support and soft skill training with a
view to ensuring that these children are able to complete high school education and aspire to
achieve their best in society.
Ensure focus on vocational education
The Government of Karnataka acknowledges that vocational education is of great importance in
order to enhance individual employability and reduce the mismatch between demand and supply
of skilled manpower. Effective vocational training programs will go a long way towards skilling
adolescents and ensure that they become responsible adults.
Vocational Training is especially suited for adolescents who either a) because of inclination
towards vocational education or b) for financial reasons may want to take up employment at the
earliest and may provide an alternative to those pursuing higher education without particular
interest or purpose
Currently, the need for pre-vocational and vocational education is being addressed through high
schools, polytechnics and ITI s. The Government will upgrade facilities and equipment, attiact
new staff and develop new curricula and materials in order to cater to the needs of the industry.
The greatest need of the hour is to establish a policy framework that will ensure standardisation
of education, institute a competency based skill testing, and maintain the quality of the
institution. In the next decade, in line with the Government of India s policy on vocational
education and skill training, the Government of Karnataka will undertake the following steps.
School Level
a) integrate pre-vocational education from VIII in schools
b) equip schools with sufficient infrastructure and personnel (teachers, counsellors) to provide
pre-vocational education
c) coordinate with polytechnics and ITIs to streamline curriculum with a view to creating a
strong foundation
create awareness amongst parents and students on the availability of this stream and increase
social acceptance of vocational education amongst the community
Polytechnic and ITIs
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Increase the number of courses being provided
b) Implement multi skill competency based trainings.
c) Implement special programs for adolescents with disabilities
d) Equip adolescents with the project planning and designing skills which will enable them
to start micro enterprises.
e) Improve the access to vocation education
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Link vocational education to jobs in the market
g) Provide residential hostels accommodation for adolescents who move from the villages to
urban areas for vocational training.
Institutional level
a) Work closely with market and industry bodies to ensure marketable vocational
education courses are available in schools, polytechnics and ITIs
Finishing schools
Apart from technical knowledge, ability to communicate effectively and people skills are
necessary to be successful in any professional field. Finishing schools set up by various NGO’s
and specific departments of the Government are addressing this need today.
In the subsequent years, greater support will be provided to NGO’s running finishing schools, to
ensure all adolescents are provided the required soft skills. The target group here would be all
children - girls and boys - from Scheduled Caste. Scheduled Tribe and Minority families
Value and Life Education
Many children who are out of school have to enter work force and become productive by
earning. Girls suffer the burden of sharing household work and are confronted with matrimony
and child bearing while still in their teens. There is a real need for imparting life skills i.e
inculcating in adolescents the ability for adaptive and positive behaviour to enable them to deal
with the challenges of everyday life. The state recognises this and shall provide the reliable and
appropriate information, guidance and counselling on issues of concern.
Government Of Karnataka shall institute life skills modules into the curriculums of schools and
vocational training institutes in order to inculcate within adolescents the skills of creative and
critical thinking, effective communication. Interpersonal skills, problem solving abilities, and the
ability to handle stress and tension. These shall be communicated through experiential learning
and games and debates.
Create awareness against HIV/AIDS
Government of Karnataka recognises that HIV/AIDS is a matter of serious concern in the
adolescent age group, as crucial behavioural choices are undertaken in this period. Awareness
programmes on these aspects have been held through the departments of health and education, in
collaboration with other non-governmental organisations. Along with strengthening of these
campaigns, the Government will leverage the mass media, to reach out to all sections of the
adolescents, to spread awareness among them on safe sexual practices and HIV/AIDS.
Disseminate Safe Menstrual Hygiene Practices
Menstrual Hygiene is an oft overlooked and neglected aspect of women's development. 1 he
gender unfriendly school structure, as well as lack of adequate menstrual protection lead to large
numbers of drop outs among adolescent girls.
1 he government of Karnataka recognizes that
there is a need to improve the reproductive health of girls and women by increasing the
accessibility, availability, affordability and acceptability of sanitary napkins and other protection
materials for menstrual hygiene.
A pilot program has been established to distribute sanitary napkins to adolescent girls (10-18
years) and women in BPL families in 9 districts currently. Plans have been made to scale it up to
all 30 districts. Under this program, sanitary napkins are supplied directly to the districts, post
which they are distributed through the Female Health Workers and ASHAs to the girls/women at
a nominal fee. The Government will also leverage the Self Help Groups, both as manufactories
and as distributors..
Create awareness against substance abuse
Substance abuse is a matter of serious concern in the adolescent age group. Peer pressure can
have a negative effect on many adolescents leading to substance abuse, which can have a
negative effect on their health and overall well being in the long run. Karnataka has been
conducting various awareness programs, in collaboration with NGO's and civil society
organisations throughout the state to educate adolescents about the harmful effects of tobacco,
alcohol and drugs. However, this is an area where constant and ongoing campaigns are necessary
in order to ensure that all adolescents are aware of the harmful effects substance abuse can have
on their health, finances, family and overall well being. Recognising this, campaigns will be held
on a continuous basis, both through street plays and using the mass media, in all districts of the
state to educate adolescents about the problems caused by substance abuse.
Focussed intervention will be planned for at risk adolescents
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Working adolescents
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Adolescents living on the streets
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Adolescents in High school, polytechnics and it is
Sex Education:
Government of Karnataka mandates the need for sex education for adolescents (10-18 years). It
will create awareness and build adolescents capabilities to handle the onset of puberty. The
objective of integrating sex education in school education as well as having focussed
programmes for girls (SAB AL A), adolescents (SNEHA clinics) is to reduce unintended
pregnancies, child marriages, transmission of STD's. In addition to this, early sex education
delays the start of sexual activity, encourages those already sexually active to have safe sex, and
establishes the link between lack of effective use of contraceptives and the incidence of AIDS.
Information provided to pre-teens can also help them to recognise abuse and embolden them to
be able to speak about it. This is critical to meet the objectives of the 1CPS programme.
Overview and Vision
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Vision of the state
There is a bias against women across all age groups in the society today. Statistics such as the
sex ratio highlight the discrimination against a girl child that starts from the moment of birth, and
sometimes even before the child is born.
The state is unequivocally committed to the rights of the girl child. Every child, irrespective of
gender, has the right to equal opportunity and the state is committed to ensure the same. In
addition, it acknowledges the special needs of a girl throughout her lifecycle and is committed to
address the same through focused initiatives. Hence, the state envisions providing every girl
child, irrespective of her social and economic conditions,
the right to life and overall well being
equal rights to education as all children
awareness and empowerment to plan her marriage and motherhood at the right age
essential services to ensure healthy pregnancy and safe delivery as an adult
safeguards against social elements responsible for child pornography, child trafficking,
prostitution and sexual abuse crimes; and can reach out to a trusted entity in the local
community for rehabilitation and care.
A State Initiative to Rehabilitate Girl Children
Mahila Sikhshana Kendras run by Mahila Samakhya work towards enabling girl children who
are school drop outs to complete their school education. The girls are enrolled in different
batches in the Kendras depending on their age and learning levels. These Kendras also
concentrate on social awareness programmes and extracurricular activities. The focus is on
overall development of the girls along with dealing with the problem of out of school children.
These Kendras are run in the child marriage prone areas of North Karnataka.
Existing schemes and policies
Bhagyalakshmi
The objective of this scheme of the Women and Child Welfare department is to improve
attitudes towards girl children. This scheme is applicable to 2 girl children from below poverty
line families, born after 31.03.2006. On fulfilling certain requirements, INR 19, 300 is deposited
in a financial institution in the name of the first child, and Rs. 18, 350 is deposited for the second
child. On the attainment of 18 years, the first child gets Rs. 1, 00,097 and the second child INR
100,052.
If a girl wishes to continue her education post SSLC, she can pledge the bond and avail a loan up
to a maximum of Rs. 50,000. The father/mother/guardian of the Bhagyalakshmi beneficiary is
eligible of avail benefits under Janashree Bhima Yojana, the insurance scheme of LIC.
The eligibility conditions are as follows:
1. Either one of the parents of the girl child must have undergone terminal family planning.
The total number of children in the family must not exceed 3.
2. Compulsory registration at birth.
3. The child must be immunized as per the programme of the Health Department.
4. Enrollment in an Anganwadi center
5. Admission in a school recognized by the Education department
6. The child should not be a child laborer and must not marry till the age of 18.
Child Tracking System (Banangaladattha Bale)
The implementation of the child track system would ensure protection f children in the 0-18
years. Monitoring he key development indicators from birth registration to access to
immunisation, healthcare, nutrition, access to schooling, and simultaneously ensure no
drop out due to labor or marriage. Women and Child Welfare Department has initiated
the launching of the Child tracking system in Karnataka with the assistance of NIC. The
software developed enables the Departments concerned to know the status of the
children! with regard to education, migration from one place to another and benefits
availed from other departments in different schemes and also the status of payments to
beneficiaries from time to time. Children up to age of 18 years are tracked under this
system.
Bal Sanjeevni - Under 5 scheme for BPL families. This scheme aims at arresting the rate of
severe malnutrition and seeks to bring about reduction in malnutrition among all children. All
children identified as suffering from malnutrition under each round of Bal Sanjeevni Campaign
are provided requisite medical treatment and parents/guardians of the identified malnourished
children are provided counselling regarding the significance of nutritional diet. Children who
need super speciality services are referred to recognised medical colleges. Going forward the
scheme should be extended to all
Reduction of female foeticide
through Pre Conception and Pre Natal Detection Technology.
The PCNPNDT Act of 1994 prescribes a program which is currently being implemented and
monitoring. Under this act there are three state level committees. These include a state level
supervisory Board, headed by health minister, a state level appropriatory authority(multi member
body) and an Advisory committee. Through these committees the state is monitored. At a district
level there is a District appropriate authority headed by DHO. and an advisory committee.
Incentive scholarships to high school going girls
These scholarships are given by the Department of Social Welfare to encourage the school
going habit among SC girl students. All high school going girls except those residing in Govt. /
aided hostels are eligible for the scholarship. There is no income limit for these scholarships. If a
candidate fails repeatedly, she loses eligibility for the scholarship. Girls are eligible to receive
Rs. 600/- per annum totally as scholarship. The Taluk Social Welfare Officer is responsible for
disbursement of the scholarships under this scheme.
Assistance scholarship for girls from rural areas
These scholarships are provided by the Department of Women and Child Welfare to reduce
dropout rate at primary and secondary school levels, and encourage rural girls to improve their
education. To be eligible for the scholarship, family income of the girl must be less than Rs.
10,000 and the girl must be a resident of a village with a population of less than 2,000. Rs. 25 per
month is given to girls between 5th to 7th standards for 10 months and Rs. 50 per month is given
to girls from 8th to IO1'1 standards. The scheme is implemented in 18 educationally backward
districts through the Zilla Panchayats.
Financial assistance to run hostels for girls from rural areas
Admissions to hostels are available to students residing in rural areas whose family income is
less than Rs. 10, 000 per annum and are studying in pre-matric and post-matric classes.
Maintenance grant of Rs. 500 per month per girl student is provided. I he deputy director is
responsible for the implementation of this scheme in the district.
National Programme for education of girls at elementary level, a component of the Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan programme, launched during 2003-04, is a focused intervention to reach the
hardest to reach girls, especially those who not in school while continuing the efforts to retain the
girls who are already in schools. Mahila Samakhya Karnataka has appointed Cluster Co
ordinators to take stock of the situation in the particular cluster related to education of girls. They
mobilize the community, particularly mothers and women groups to identify the out of school
girls and enroll them to school. Remedial teaching to girls is also provided to girls under the
scheme, to ensure girls who are not performing well don’t drop out. SDMC is the implementing
agency for all the activities of SSA at the school level.
Teacher training aspects of the scheme: Under NPEGEL, teachers of the cluster/block have
been oriented to the roles and responsibilities of the teachers in educating the girls and sustaining
them in the schooling system. Focus was also made in training the teachers about the social
problems and adolescent problems of the girl child. The module for this training is developed at
the cluster level under the guidance of block resource or cluster resource persons.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya: Government of India has launched a scheme for girls
called “Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya”. Under this scheme, residential schools with
boarding facilities are provided at elementary level for out of school girls belonging
predominantly to the SC, ST, OBC and minorities in difficult areas. The objective is to ensure
access and quality education to girls of disadvantaged groups. The scheme is part of the initiative
of the GOI to promote education for the girl child, under the Sarva Shikshana Abhiyan
programme. Mahila Samakhya Karnataka runs KGBV schools in 27 blocks of 7 districts of
North Eastern Karnataka. NGOs and Self Help Groups are involved in areas like providing food,
security, medical care, imparting vocational education, community mobilization etc. in
implementing KGBV scheme in the remaining 31 blocks.
Kishori Shakti Yojana
Under this scheme of the Women and Child Welfare department, services are provided to
improve nutritional, educational and health status of adolescent girls. All the adolescent girls
enrolled in the AWC are eligible for the scheme. The AWW is responsible for implementation.
Adolescent education program
DSERT conducts training programs for teachers to enable them to provide education to children
in health, life skills and related issues. This training is particularly crucial for adolescent girls, to
cope with their changing bodies.
Implementation of Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
The DDs/CDPO/Child Marriage Prohibition Officer is responsible for the implementation of
this act at the taluk level. The Act was brought into force in 2007, and the State rules were
notified in 2008. The responsibility of the officer in charge is to create awareness among the
general public on harmful effects of child marriage, provisions under the act and the punishments
stipulated, through folk art, street plays, songs etc.
Scheme for prevention of trafficking of women and children
The objective of the scheme is to create awareness at the district, taluk and village levels
regarding trafficking. Anti trafficking committees have been constituted at the district, taluk and
gram panchayat level. The committees are responsible for prevention, rescue, care, protection
and rehabilitation to the victims of trafficking. In addition, awareness programs are organized at
the taluk level for the general public. The DD/CDPO is responsible for implementation of this
scheme at the district level.
Implementation of Karnataka Marriage (Regulation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act,
1976
The DD/CDPO is responsible for the implementation of the registration of marriages as per the
act at the taluk level. Inspector General of Registration and Commissioner of stamps is notified
as Chief Marriage Registration officer. The Sub-Registrars of the Stamps and Registration
Department and Village Accountants of the Revenue Departments have been notified as
Marriage Registration officers in their respective jurisdictions.
Way forward: Key areas of focus
Following are key areas of focus going forward
Preventing female infanticide
The state has continued in ongoing campaign against female infanticide including the abortion of
the unborn girl child over the
years. Legislations have been passed that ban the practice of ascertaining the sex of the child
prior to its birth and any injustice to the girl child after it is born. However, sex selective
abortions and female infanticide continue to prevail. Government of Karnataka will ensure
stronger enforcement of the provisions of there-natal Diagnostics techniques (PNDT) Act. . In
addition, the state will strengthen the process of tracking of the girl child, and monitoring her
overall well being. This will be done through Anganwadi workers, ANMS and ASHA in the
communities and at the relevant health centres. In order to ensure transparency, the government
will continue to encourage institutional deliveries and make registration of births mandatory.
Ensuring education for the girl child
Studies conducted by UNIFEM. UNICEF, and SCERT have consistently highlighted the key
reasons that disadvantage girl children from enrolling and pursuing education. These include
inherent bias of the parents against the child, lack of schools nearby coupled with the parents’
unwillingness to let their daughters travel, the need to take care of the younger sibling and child
marriage.
In order to address the bias against the girl child and the attitude of the parents to look at the
child as a cost, the state will continue its awareness campaigns locally and through mass media
to sensitize the parents. In addition, the government would provide conditional cash transfer to
the parents of girl children to encourage them to send their daughters to school.
Although the state government has made efforts to ensure that schools are easily accessible to all
children, special effort will be made to ascertain that the needs of the girl child are kept in mind
while planning for school locations.. All schools will be equipped with toilets and other sanitary
facilities to ensure that lack of such facilities do not discourage the girl child. Government will
scale up its initiative to provide zero grade schools within schools so that the girls can have their
younger siblings in the school campuses while they attend school.
Creating awareness on sanitation and nutrition
In the next decade, i.e 2010-2020, there will be specific focus in schools and in communities to
develop locally relevant best practices with and for the girl children on cleanliness and
sanitation. Awareness campaigns will be run in schools and in communities on menstruation and
related sanitary best practices.
In addition, the health centres will also address the specific nutrition and food supplement needs,
such as Iron, that the girl needs during this phase.
Addressing child marriage
One of the key challenges today in addressing child marriages is the lack of transparency in
marriages since the registration of marriages is not strongly enforced. Parents continue to see the
girl as a social and financial liability and hence would like to get her married as soon as possible.
Mass marriages make this event an open and accepted social activity and hence difficult to
control. Due to state intervention in the last few years, mass child marriages have been controlled
to a large extent. The need now is to keep the focus on completely stopping a) mass marriages
and b) individual instances of child marriage.
The state will adopt a multi-pronged approach to address the issue of child marriage. Firstly, the
government would continue to raise awareness among parents and the community on the adverse
effects of child marriage. Secondly, enforcement drives will be held regularly. Thirdly, the
government is looking to form a policy that enforces the registration of marriages by making the
marriage certificate essential for a host of other services. The registrar will be required to
validate the age of the girl during registration of marriage.:
In addition to preventing child marriages, the government also acknowledges the need to
rehabilitate girls who have married early. Sufficient rehabilitation and counselling will be
provided to the girls to ensure that they are able to resume a normal life.
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Vision of the state
According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(UNCRPD)11, “Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental,
intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their
full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others12.*’ The UNCRPD
outlined its purpose as “to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human
rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their
inherent dignity” and outlined a vision on the essential rights of persons with disability.
Specifically, the Convention emphasizes its focus on children with disability in Article 713
1. States Parties shall take all necessary measures to ensure the full enjoyment by children
with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with
other children.
2. In all actions concerning children with disabilities, the best interests of the child shall be a
primary consideration.
3. States Parties shall ensure that children with disabilities have the right to express their
views freely on all matters affecting them, their views being given due weight in
accordance with their age and maturity, on an equal basis with other children, and to be
provided with disability and age-appropriate assistance to realize that right.
In keeping with our agreement with the convention without any reservation, the state outlines a
vision that will further harmonize and strengthen the implementation of the convention towards
11 United Nations Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities; http://www.un.org/disabilities/index.asp
12 UNCRPD, Article 1 - Purpose; http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp7id-261
13 UNCRPD, Article 7 - Children with Disability; http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=267
ensuring the essential rights of the child. Hence, the state envisions for every child with
disability, irrespective of the social and economic conditions.
Is provided reasonable accommodation to be able to exercise their right to equal
opportunities in education, health, employment, cultural life, recreation, leisure, spoit and
participation in public and private life.
Is able to enjoy the freedom, liberty and security that are rightfully hers/his through equal
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ise her/his rights without any discrimination
recognition before law and the ability to exercise
on the basis of disability.
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Is able to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life by ensuring
accessibility in all public physical spaces including physical infrastructure, transformation,
information and communication technologies in both rural and urban areas
Is part of a community that is aware of and sensitive to the capabilities of children with
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Existing schemes and policies
At a national level the following schemes have been enacted:
Integrated Education of Disabled Children (I.E.D.C.): This scheme provides educational
opportunities for children with disability in common schools, to facilitate their retention in the
school system and also to place in common schools, such children already placed in special
schools after they acquire the communication and daily living skills at the functional level. The
scheme provides for the following:
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Actual expense on books and stationery up to Rs 400 per annum.
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Actual expenses on uniforms up to Rs 200 per annum; transport allowance up to Rs 50
per month.
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Reader allowance of Rs 50 per month in case of blind children up to Class V.
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Escort allowance for severely disabled children with lower extremity disability at the rate
of Rs 75 per month.
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Actual cost of equipment subject to a maximum of Rs 2,000 per month for five years.
Besides these, it also provides for teachers' salaries, facilities to students in terms of board and
lodging allowance, readers allowance, transport allowance, escort allowance, cost of equipment,
cost of uniform, cost of removal of architectural barriers, and provision of resource room, etc.
Project Integrated Education for the Disabled (P.I.E.D.): This was the first pilot project on
integrated education in India. Launched in 1987, P.I.E.D. was a joint venture of the Ministry of
Human Resource Development and UNICEF. Under this, 6,000 children with special needs were
integrated in regular schools.
Inclusive Education for the Disabled at a Secondary Stage (LE.D.S.S): This scheme was
launched in 2009 -2010 and provides 100 per cent Central assistance for disabled children
towards secondary education. The scheme provides for the personal requirements of the children
in the form of assistive devices, helpers, transport, hostel and learning materials etc.
District Rehabilitation Scheme:
In early 1995, the Government launched the District Rehabilitation Center (DRC) Scheme as a
model of comprehensive rehabilitation services to rural areas. The objectives of the DRC include
1) Surveying the disabled population and employing measures to ensure prevention of
disability
2) Early detection, medical intervention and surgical correction.
3) Fitting of artificial aids and appliances.
4) Therapeutic services which include physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech
therapy.
5) Provision of educational services in special and integrated schools and provision of
vocational training.
6) Awareness generation for the involvement of community and family to create a cadre of
multi-disciplinary professionals to take care of major categories of disabled in the district.
1. Under the Inclusive Education Component of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the
following services are provided to children who are differently-abled:
a. Inclusive Education Resource Teachers: 3 lERTs function in each block
for the education and provision of supportive services of children with
special needs.
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conducted
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collaboration with the department of health, women and child
development and NGO’s working in the field.
c. Required aids and appliances are supplied to these children after
functional assessment.
d. Short term training courses for general teachers are also conducted.
e. Awareness programmes are held at district, block and cluster levels.
“Namagu ide Saamarthya” Naavu samartharu Naavu kaliaballevu” (We
too have ability, we are capable, and we are educable) is an awareness
programme in which children, including those with special needs
participate.
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Parental training is also conducted as part of the inclusive education
programs of SSA.
g. Creation of barrier free environments through the construction of
ramps in all schools.
h. Resource centres: Efforts are on to set up resource centres in all blocks
for teacher training, and teacher empowerment programs.
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Home based education: To enable children who cannot attend school
acquire education and to achieve universal enrolment, children with such
conditions are enrolled in nearby schools, and access is provided at their
homes.
Way forward: Key focus areas
Provide effective inclusive education
The State shall ensure effective inclusive education for children with disabilities based on the
following three fundamental tenets
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The State acknowledges the right of the child to equal opportunities to education in
her/his neighbourhood. Through the Right to Education Act, the state will ensure that
the child is provided equal opportunity to enrol in a school within 5 KM of radius and
will not be rejected on the basis of disabilities.
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The State shall provide reasonable accommodation to ensure inclusive education for
the children with disability by effecting structural changes in the education system
(including teaching methodology, examinations, use of technology), ensuring universal
design of physical infrastructure (including facilities within the schools, access to the
schools, transportation), training the teachers and the appropriate educators and raising
awareness about disability.
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The State shall create a decentralized execution model through Inclusion cells at
various levels of administration including one at the school levels. The Inclusion cells
will provide the necessary expertise in defining and implementation disability-friendly
strategies based on the local needs of the children.
Right to equal opportunities in the neighbourhood
a) Through the Right to Education (RTE) act, the schools will be mandated to provide
admissions to all children in the neighbourhood without any discrimination on the basis
of the child’s disability.
b) The School Development and Monitoring Committees (SDMC) will be responsible to
ensure that the children with disability are enrolled and retained in the school. The
SDMCs will continuously monitor the enrolment and dropout rates of children with
disability and act in case of any exceptions.
c) Parents of children with disability will be included in SDMCs to ensure effective
representation and informed perspective towards issues around children with disability.
d) Also, in cases where children with severe disabilities have restrictions on movement,
arrangements to provide home based education will be strengthened.
Structural changes in the education system
a) Efforts will be made to integrate children with motor handicaps and other mild handicaps
into the mainstream classroom education, so as to provide the child with an inclusive
holistic experience.
b) Efforts will be made to design, modify and adapt curriculum and teaching-learning
material (e.g. provide large print material) according to a set of standardised norms.
c) Systems of examinations will be implemented that help the child overcome the
disadvantage due to the nature and extent of disability including
permitting use of
technology and adaptations (E.g. calculators) and to provide for flexibility in qualifying
marks and pass percentages for children with severe learning difficulties, mental
retardation etc.
d) The State will
promote total communication including augmentative & alternative
communication methods in different environments with the use of individualized way of
speaking and listening, using non verbal or metaphorical forms for communication,
especially in case of people with autism, deafblindness, cerebral-palsy, mental illness etc.
e) Arrangements will be made in ITFs and other vocational training centres, so as to
provide vocational training to children, according to their disabilities. Efforts will be
made to develop courses and curriculum to cater to specific disabilities
f) Use of technology targeted towards the needs of children with disabilities will be
encouraged to complement and aid the existing teaching methods.
Accessibility of physical infrastructure
a) Efforts will be made to see that schools provide an environment to the child that is
disability friendly. As a first step, barrier free environments (ramps in schools,
appropriate toilets, furniture and sports facilities) will be created in schools, particularly
in new schools.
b) Access to the school will be facilitated through appropriate means of transport.
Training of educators
a) Existing institutions and teacher training centres shall focus and implement specific
training courses focused on teaching to children with disability. Such a training shall
include focus on alternate forms of communication, behaviour management and
counselling to identify and foster capabilities among children with disability.
b) Additional teachers trained in teaching children with disabilities or special educators will
be recruited as per the needs of children with disabilities enrolled in the school.
c) An effective teacher-student ratio will be maintained in the schools in order to provide
the requisite attention to the students. Wherever it is required, shadow teachers and
additional staff will be involved.
d) In addition to the teachers, there will be dedicated personnel in the school who have the
expertise to handle special children.
Sensitization and Awareness building
a) Teachers, other children and the community as a whole must be made sensitive about
issues concerning disability, so that children with disability are treated with the required
dignity and concern.
b) Create awareness about the rights of children with disabilities, by using mass media and
by conducting campaigns targeting specific communities.
Decentralized education model through Inclusion cells
a) Inclusion cells will be setup at different levels - including state, district, block, circle and
school levels in order to provide the required expertise and to address the local needs of
the children with disability.
b) The Inclusion Cell that would be staffed by trained teachers/ special educators/ para
teachers/ shadows/ aides and have visiting professionals/consultants on an on-going
basis, for observation & training purposes.
c) The Inclusion cells will also be equipped with a Resource room together with special
educators. Occupational therapists & speech therapists, to pull out children in need &
work with them in a 1:1 or a small group setting with the aim of inclusion.
In order to achieve these objectives, a set of dedicated personnel in the form of lERT’s have been
functioning. IERT’ and volunteers work towards providing life skills training and education to
severely disabled children through home based education. Specific training programs for regular
teachers have also beset up, in order to sensitize teachers to the needs of the children with
disabilities In the subsequent years, these programmes will be strengthened, and awareness
sessions will be held for all children in schools, to provide a sensitized environment to children
with disabilities. Awareness programs in the community will also be held on a regular basis in all
districts.
Providing Physical Education
The State recognises that education is not limited to the classroom. Sports and recreation are as
crucial for the overall development of the child, and this applies equally to children with
disabilities. The State will involve the local community to create and maintain recreational
spaces for these children. The effort to provide financial and other assistance to children with
disabilities to pursue education will be continued. Adequate facilities and opportunities for
training will also be made available for children inclined towards sports and cultural activities.
Provide access to effective Healthcare
The state will have two key priorities in ensuring effective healthcare to children with disability
The State will focus on ensuring early detection of disabilities in order to provide optimal
medical care and support to the children with disabilities.
The State is committed to provide the children with disabilities access to healthcare in
their own neighbourhood both in rural and urban areas.
Early detection of disabilities
a) The state shall focus more on preventive measures over curative measures to increase
effectiveness. Efforts will be made to ensure early identification and certification of
disabilities, so as to ensure treatment and rehabilitation for the child from a young
age.
b) The Anganwadi workers and the Auxiliary Mid Nurse (ANM) will include early
identification tests as part of their regular engagement with the local families to
monitor the height and weight of the children.
c) In order to ensure transparency on these activities, specific monthly reporting will
setup at the block level to monitor the progress of early identification activities.
d) There will be increased focus towards increasing the number of institutional
deliveries so that the newborns are provided required care and attention from the time
of birth.
e) In case of delayed development and mental disabilities where detection becomes
difficult, training programs shall be instituted on the ANM’s in addition to awareness
programmes will be conducted for the families so that they could constantly monitor
the child's behaviour and identify any exceptions proactively.
f) The State shall train AWWs and medical doctors to increase efficiency in detection
Access to healthcare in local communities
a) ‘Door to door accesses' to healthcare facilities will be made a priority, ranging from
accessible transport and physical access to the hospitals. Hospitals must be made
barrier free, with access to ramps and disability friendly elevators, and toilets which
cater to the handicapped.
b) Effective Neo-natal units will be setup in the local areas that can provide expertise
and care to children with disabilities. These units will also help identify and provide
preventive care to children with the risk of disability.
c) The State will strengthen the network of Disabled Multiple Rehabilitation Workers
(MRW) and Village Rehabilitation Workers (VRW) who are trained on rehabilitation
and care of persons with disability. The State will invest in these workers by
providing them more trainings and revising their remuneration.
d) The VRWs, together with the Anganwadi workers, will conduct regular checks and
identify children with the risk of disability. These children will receive special
attention from the doctors during the periodic visit to the areas. The state will enforce
two hours of dedicated time spent by the doctors on monitoring children with risk of
disability as part of the Swarna Arogya chaitanya scheme.
e) Efforts will be made to improve the referral system which exists today. Currently
there is a need to improve the supply chain system between the CHC’s and the district
and national level hospitals. Health care professionals shall be trained to identify
children with disabilities and at risk of developing a disability, so as to be able to
refer them for intervention.
Protecting the children with disability from discrimination
The State recognizes that children with disability deserve equal rights without any discrimination
on the basis of disability. In order to ensure that the children’s right are protected, the State will
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Focus on sensitizing the local community and the government officials so that they are
aware and sensitive to the needs and capabilities of the children with disabilities.
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Provide an accessible and actionable recourse to the children with disabilities in case they
are faced with any discrimination. This will be an independent body to ensure effective
monitoring.
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The State will involve the children with disabilities and relevant organizations working
with them in formulating policies that will impact the children so that their rights and
interests are safeguarded.
Sensitizing the local community
a) The state will focus on raising awareness throughout society, including at the family
level, regarding persons with disabilities, and to foster respect for the rights and dignity
of persons with disabilities
b) The State will leverage all forms of mass and digital media to reach out to the broader
community and spread awareness on disability.
c) Specific focus will be laid on students and teachers who are an integral part of the child’s
ecosystem to ensure they are sensitive to the needs of children with disability.
d) The State will also focus on the government officials across all functions that engage and
impact the lives of the children with disability to ensure that they are sensitive to the
needs of the children.
e) Schemes will be put in place to promote recognition of the skills, merits and abilities of
children with disabilities, and of their contributions in all walks of life.
f) The State will enforce guidelines to ensure sensitive reporting on topics related to
children with disability in mass media channels.
Including the interests of children with disability in policy formulation
a) The State will involve children with the disability in policy formulation that impact their
rights and interests in order to ensure that the children have the right to be heard and
influence decisions that impact them.
b) The State will engage with organizations working with the children with disability to
ensure their expertise is leveraged.
Ensure accessibility and Universal design of public spaces
Accessibility is a key requirement to ensure that the children with disability are able to live
independently.
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The State shall enforce that all key public institutions such schools and hospitals comply
to clear guidelines to ensure that they are disability-friendly. This will be drafted as a
compliance requirement in the same lines as emergency and safety guidelines.
The State shall ensure that the physical transport that is provided is accessibility friendly
and can be used by all children with disability with essential external support. In addition,
the State will sensitize relevant government officials to assist and address the needs of
children with disability during transportation.
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The State shall endeavour to provide information in a form that is accessible to children
with disability. The State shall endeavour to complement the same with live assistance
and intermediaries, and with effective use of information and communication
technologies to improve effectiveness.
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The State shall focus on public spaces such as parks, which are essential for the physical
development and recreation of the children, to ensure that they are disability friendly, lhe
State will establish a decentralized execution and monitoring mechanism to ensure
effective compliance.
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The State shall define a clear set of guidelines for private buildings (E.g. Housing) to
ensure that they are disability friendly.
Creating Spaces for Recreation for Children with Disability
Kili Kili, an organization that works with children with disabilities, develops disability friendly
play spaces with “specially designed equipment that is developmentally appropriate for all
children” . Examples of such equipment include the wheelchair merry-go-round that caters to
children with orthopaedic difficulties, cerebral palsy or multiple disabilities, inclusive sandpit
that is designed in such a way that it is accessible to children on wheelchairs, sensory integration
track etc. The organization currently works closely with (full form ) BBMP and the Department
of Education. It has prepared a set of disabled friendly architectural designs for homes and public
places.
Universal Infrastructure Requirements
Following are some of the universal infrastructure requirements based on Universal Best
Practices in Design
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Access Routes: Access routes should be made accessible according to the application of
the building code or area having jurisdiction. Any rise above 13 mm should be treated as
a ramp but if there is a rise between 6-13 mm. it should be bevelled. Thresholds at
washroom entrances and at other doors should be avoided.
Entrances and Doors: As far as possible automatic sliding doors should be made
mandatory with guidelines to indicate the width of the doorway to accommodate people
in wheelchairs.
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Ramps: The ramp surface should be non-slip and required to be of a contrasting colour.
Tactile cuing similar to that used to warn of an upcoming change in grade at stairs should
be provided one step back from the change in slope. Handrails are required on both sides
of ramps. Interior ramps should be preferred to stairs as they accommodate a wider range
of building users, including people who use wheelchairs.
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Stairs: It is important that people who are blind know what floor is the exit floor so that
they do not continue down stairs into the lower levels of. Some building owners must use
methods such as installing gates to prevent people from descending too far.
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Elevators: A minimal gap should be given between the elevator and the foyer. Audible
signals should signal the arrival of the elevator and the direction of travel. Another
practice to make elevators more Accessible is the inclusion of a mirror at the top of the
back wall of the elevator. This will assist people who use wheelchairs to see behind them
as they back out as well as assist them to see the floor indicators that illuminate as the
elevator moves.
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Individual accessible washrooms should be provided that can be used by both men and
women and provide adequate room for an attendant or family member of the opposite sex
is a best practice.
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Child Protection
Child Protection is central to all the programmes and services of the State and over the last
decade has prioritised
Child Protection calls for convergence of key departments of police DWCD, Education, Labour,
RDPR.
SCPU as part of the implementing mechanism and he CPUnit at the district level as the nodal for
all programs and activities related to children at district and sub-district level.
Existing enforcement of legislations - JJ Act, PCMA. ITPA, PCPNDT (cross ref from Health)
Existing Legislations being enforced
Juvenile Justice Act 2000
This is a central Act for the care and protection of all children of the state based on the
principles of the United Nations Convection on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Key principles are
a. The state recognises two categories of children - Children in Conflict with Law
and Children in Need of Care and Protection and set up Statutory Bodies in all
districts - Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and Child Welfare Committees (CWC)
respectively.
b. The state acts as as care provider for children who do not have parental/guardian’s
care.
c. The Role of Police is redefined to make police child friendly as they are often the
first contact for a child in need/distress. There will be a setting up of SJPUs in all
districts and Child Welfare Officer in every Police Station.
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d. The state recognizes the role of the family as primary care giver and intends to
tak a non-institutional approach - adoption, sponsorship and foster care.
Institutionalisation shall be treated as a last resort.
e. Systems for Speedy disposal of cases will be put into place so that children can be
restored to families at the earliest.
The Government of Karnataka aims to address the issue of child protection taking into account
all children who have been separated or have been deprived of the care of their parents, legal
guardians and sometimes their community.
Keeping this in mind, the will focus on the following key aspects
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In case of temporary separation, it will take the best efforts possible to help the child
reunite with the parents or legal guardian as soon as possible.
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Wherever it is not possible to reunite the child, the state will ensure that the children
receive the best possible care and ample opportunities for growth and development.
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Proactive engagement with the children who live in difficult circumstances to ensure that
they received proper counselling and the relevant skills
The state will be sensitive to the cultural and social differences of children who have
been displaced from their local communities and need rehabilitation and care.
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The state will proactively ensure community engagement, wherever possible, in cases of
arbitration and rehabilitation of the child.
ADD OTHER ACTS
Existing schemes and policies
For children in conflict with law, and children in need of special care and attention, the following
programmes are applicable:
Plan of Action for Combating Trafficking in Women and Children
Government of Karnataka has prepared State Plan for Combatting Trafficking in Women and
Children. The objective of the Action plan is to ensure protection and timely intervention to
women and children from being trafficked and sold, within the state and outside, for various
commercial purposes, including forced labor, commercial sex work/prostitution, adoption,
begging, marriage, organ transplant, sale or transport of narcotics, substance abuse etc.. The
Action Plan envisages a five-fold strategy that includes Prevention, Rescue, Rehabilitation,
Victim protection, Repatriation and Restoration. The Act also spells out a detailed institutional
mechanism for the implementation of the various programs and activities. It mandates the setting
up of anti-trafficking vigilance committees at the three tiers of the Panchayat Raj. Anti
trafficking committees are tasked with taking necessary measures for prevention, rescue, care
protection and rehabilitation of the victims. In order to sensitize the committees regarding the
issue of trafficking at the grass root level, regularly training programs are conducted. They are
encouraged to create awareness using activities such as jathras, rallies, street plays etc. The
Deputy Director at the state level and CDPO at the district level is responsible for
implementation of the scheme.
The rehabilitation of the children rescued will be in coordination with the child welfare
committees and the JJ homes. The primary focus towards prevention is to create awareness at the
district, taluk and village levels regarding trafficking in women and children - violation of rights,
loss of opportunity to development, emotional and physical health impairment, social ostracism
etc.
Ujjwala: is a Scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India
for Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-integration of victims of
trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation in partnership with NGO's across the state,
specifically in high incidence districts.
Scheme for the welfare of children in need of care and protection
Financial assistance is given from the Department of Women and Child Development to
registered voluntary organizations working in the field of child welfare to run a destitute home
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for the care and maintenance of destitute children with a unit of 25 children. Amount to the
extent of 90% is sanctioned by the Government and the remaining 10% is borne by the
organization. The organization is eligible for maintenance grant at the rate of Rs. 400 per month
per child, and rent at the rate of Rs. 50 per month per child.
Observation homes: Children in conflict with law who have been produced befoie the juvenile
justice board and who have been committed to custodial care are placed in these homes
Children homes are meant for children in need of care and protection, including during the
pendency of any inquiry. The Homes provide accommodation. Food, clothing and bedding and
facilities for education, recreation, training and rehabilitation
Fit institutions: Voluntary organizations have been recognized as fit institutions by the
Department of Women and Children for providing care and protection to deserving children. Fit
institutions are provided Rs. 500 per month per child for maintenance.
Reception Centres and State Homes have been started under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
1956. These centres receive women and girls who are in need of care and shelter, as voluntary
cases, rescued during raids and those sent by the courts under the Immoral Traffic (Pi evention)
Act for training and rehabilitation. There are 4 Reception Centres and 8 State homes in the State.
Scheme of assistance to homes (Shishugrehas) for children to pomote in-country Adoption
(GOsI): Under the scheme, infants and children up to six years of age who are either
abandoned/orphaned or destitute are covered. The scheme seeks to promote adoption of these
children within the country.
Sponsorship programme for placing children in families is a scheme that provides non
institutional support to children of families below poverty line. To enable parents to bring up
children in family environment, the resources of the child coming under the purview of the act
are supplemented. His/her vocational, educational and health caie needs are financed.
Supplementary support is provided to the family. DD/WWO Superintendent of institutions is
responsible for implementation.
Statutory mechanisms for children in need of care and protection under the JJ act
a) Child Welfare Committees comprising of five members including chairperson forms the
bench of the magistrate for addressing the issues of children in need of care and
protection. The categories of children reached out to through the CWC include children
who are victims of child marriage, trafficking, forced labor, all forms of abuse, begging,
relinquished or abandoned children of prisoners/sex workers, children infected or
affected by HIV or Aids, Street children
b) JJ Board: have been set up in all the thirty districts of the state and comprise of principle
magistrate and two social workers one of whom is a woman. Children in conflict with
law and alleged to have committed an offence are produced before J J board for inquiry
and further procedures including rehabilitation.
c) Special Juvenile Police Unit: set up by the Karnataka state police. Presently there are
thirty eight SJPU covering all districts, 7 city zones, and two commissoneraites. The
SJPU is set up under the supervision of SP/commissioner with the Senior Child Welfare
Officers of the rank of Police Inspector as the operational in charge.
Child Welfare Officers : Senior Child Welfare Officers of the rank of Police Inspector are
identified at the district level. One or two police officers of the rank of AS1 have been identified
as Child Welfare Officers in each police station to take care of children coming under the
purview of the juvenile justice system.
The members of the three statutory bodies along with child line, NGO’s and personnel of JJ
institutions are the key JJ functionaries working in coordination towards the care and protection
of children.
Devadasi’ Rehabilitation project
It is run by the Karnataka State Women’s Development Corporation to eradicate the 'Devadasi'
system in collaboration with the NGO Myrada. This project also targets children of Devadasis
and children who live in areas where this practice is rampant.
Community Based Rehabilitation and Care
Department of Women and Child Development, and Karnataka Health Promotion Trust
(KHPT) have initiated a community based rehabilitation program for reaching out to children
infected and affected by HIV and Aids. A detailed assessment of children are taken up at the
district level and subsequently enrolled into the sponsorship program.This program adopts an
inclusive approach towards such children by integrating local community and by treating the
mother and child as one unit (as opposed to approaching the child as an isolated entity). In
providing support services to HIV+ children, KHPT works through the family, care givers and
relatives and the local community. In situations where the child is orphaned and does not have
any care givers, it transfers such children to institutions run by local panchayats. Hence, the
community is central to KHPT’s intervention in providing care and support to HIV+ children,
this is driven by a belief that institutionalization, which isolates children from their
communities, is not an adequate approach to dealing with HIV/AIDS. Recognising this,
Department of Women and Child Development has allocated a sum of Rs. 1 Crore to enable
integration of OVC children, particularly HIV+ children in the community. ** recap As of
2010, 3360 children are benifiting to the tune of 83 lakhs
Way forward: Key focus areas
Implementation of Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS):
Government of Karnataka will focus its efforts on setting up of the Karnataka State Integrated
Child Protection society and the district child protection units across the state as the nodal
agency for coordinating all programs and services for children to ensure their protection. The
society and the district units will coordinate with key departments, civil society organisations,
other statutory mechanisms in the process. They will also be responsible for creating awareness
and sensitising the public at large on the various protection issues including forced labor,
trafficking, child marriage child abuse, missing children etc.
The state and district mechanisms will also be the hub for all data pertaining to children
including that of missing children and importantly take up periodic review and
monitoring for effective implementation. Capacity building of all functionaries through
development of appropriate modules and materials, and development of IEC on child
protection issues are also key tasks of the society and units
Strengthen Police Coordination with DWCD for child Protection:
1) Institutionalisation of training of SJPU : The state will ensure that every police station
has a minimum of 3 police officers trained on issues related to children specifically
the enforcement of child related legislations. This is 3 fold increase in the trained
personnel. All these trained police officers will be designated as Child Welfare
Officers.
2) Convergent periodic reviews (quarterly) will be undertaken. At these quarterly
reviews representatives of SJPU, CWC, JJ Board, Childline, NGO s and Institutions
housing children need to be present. The objective of the review meeting will be to
address the issues faced in JJ implementation and resolving the same.
3) The Police department will build internal capacities and create a team of resource
persons as master trainers. These trainers will be responsible for conducting trainings
of police personnel.
4) Contingency fund at every police station and SJPU level for meeting the needs of
children and women approaching the police as well as for transportation/escort of
children to CWC/JJ B/rehabilitation institutions/ residence of the children
Registration of all child care institutions
The state will ensure registration of all child care institutions as mandated by the JJ Act,.
DWCD will be responsible for registration. This is to ensure transparency and
accountability in child care. The registration process will involve review by the
department officials and subsequent monitoring to ensure quality standards of care.
Ensuring Quality Standards in Institutional Care
The state has developed the guidelines and norms for ensuring quality standards of care in
institutions to ensure overall safety and protection of children. The implementation of the norms
will require regular visits and reviews by the department officials to all the institutions.
The quality standards will also be recommended for implementation by other departments that
have residential child care programs like SSA, Labor, Social welfare etc.
Guidelines and registration - annexe
Viable Rehabilitation for children in child care institutions including Observation Homes and
Special Homes
The process of justice to children is not complete without appropriate vocational and life skill
training to children in the rehab homes. Based on need assessment of children, gender, age and
educational background of the child, effort will be made to introduce lifeskill training and
vocational training.
Retaining the child in the local community
While the OVC children are separated from their parents, oftentimes they are taken care of by
their relatives who do not have the means to support the child. In such cases, the relatives leave
the child in a foster-care to be taken care of. The state will provide financial assistance to poor
families who are willing to take care of the child and be the child's legal guardian
In addition, in cases where the child has been found in conflict of the law, the institutions will
involve the local community to understand the context and the background of the child and also
try and devise community-based activities to rectify the child's behaviour.
Improving the rehabilitation homes infrastructure
Increase the number of rehabilitation homes
Government of Karnataka will evaluate whether sufficient numbers of rehabilitation homes exist
presently, and take steps to see that sufficient coverage is available across the state. This will
translate into having homes at taluk levels. In order to ensure quality care. Government of
Karnataka plans to undertake a listing of private organizations run child rehabilitation homes.
Standards for the same will then be formulated. State will then mandate that homes that are run
without prior approval of the government should be closed down and any mishandling of
children will considered very seriously.
Empower personnel to handle socially and psychologically challenged children
There is a need to build capacity in the juvenile homes to address social and psychological needs
of children.
These homes will also be equipped with personnel to deal with children who have illegally
immigrated to the country and have to be repatriated. There are cases of children from various
states who do not understand the local language or have any social connections within the state
to reach out to. In such cases, the state will provide the required support for the rehabilitation
personnel to reach out to local experts who will be able to address the situation effectively. The
state will conduct capacity building programmes for the personnel to identify such conditions
and be able to be with these children.
Ensure greater transparency in temporary rehabilitation homes
While the state ensures that there is a clear record of all children who are enrolled in a
rehabilitation home, there have been instances reported when children have been made to stay in
a Juvenile Justice home for a prolonged duration. This has resulted in psychological and social
deviant behaviour that is difficult to resolve. Hence, the state will enforce clear rules on the
number of days a child should spend within a rehabilitation home, and any exceptions to the
rules have to be explicitly recorded and approved by a monitoring committee.
Provide accessible support systems
A family is the primary source of support for a child. However, in cases where the child cannot
leverage such as support system, it is the state's responsibility to provide such a support system
to the child. The state acknowledges the need to understand the child's context to provide the
required support. At the same time, there is the need for expertise to understand the physical,
emotional and psychological challenges that the child is going through in order to provide the
right support to the child.
The state will create a support system (that could be realized as help lines and as counselling
centres to support face to face interactions) that the children can reach out to in case of any
concerns. The state will offer one system to address all challenges to make it easier for the child
to reach out to the same in case of distress.
The state acknowledges the need for such a system to be independent of the institutions that are
responsible for the rehabilitation of the child so as to ensure that there’s an independent external
monitoring that ensures that the child’s challenges are heard and addressed.
Prevention and rehabilitation of victims of abuse
Physical 1, psychological and sexual abuse of children is a matter of serious concern for the state.
Several schemes have been implemented to prevent abuse, and provide rehabilitation to children
who are victims of abuse. Implementation of legislations such as Immoral Trafficking Prevention
Act, and Devadasi Rehabilitation and Mahila Samakhya programme have helped reduce the
overt practice of these crimes. The focus will now be on eliminating the practice entirely as
instances of clandestine occurrence are still reported. This will be accomplished through a multi
pronged strategy of a) creation of awareness within the community in high prevalence areas b)
stricter enforcement of laws and regulations c) partnering with NGOs and private sector to
establish and run rehabilitation facilities for victims of child prostitution and sexual abuse.
Special focus will also be given to creating a fear free atmosphere in police stations to file cases
on sexual exploitation of children. Community policing initiative with special cells to monitor
and prevent incidence of commercial sexual exploitation of children will be started.
Adoption of children
India has signed Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption-1993. In line with this
Government of Karnataka will adopt safeguards and ethical practices as stipulated in the
convention. Government of Karnataka also accepts the need for a paradigm shift in interventions
to the rehabilitation of children in need of care and protection from residential care to a family
based care.
While the state of Karnataka will adhere to family based care policies, it acknowledges that there
have been instances where adoption agencies have been involved in crime such as child
trafficking. Therefore, it will continue to more stringently monitor adoption agencies.
Remove the stigma against HIV/AIDS
While there has been a strong focus in addressing the problem of children who are HIV+, the
current approach is still bogged down by the stigma around the disease. The identities of the
affected children are withheld to avoid ostracism. This creates many challenges in delivering
benefits to the children and in increasing awareness among the community. There is a need to
demystify the disease and treat it just as any other physical illness so that the stigma around the
disease is removed.
In order to achieve this, the state will empower the local administration to address the challenge
through ASHA and the Anganwadi workers. The local panchayat will be responsible for
identifying the children and disbursing the required funds for the schemes benefitting these
children. The state will also run awareness campaigns on the same lines to achieve level great
level of acceptance and social dialogue on how to tackle the disease.
Implementation Mechanism
The child can only truly be safeguarded when the various departments work with each other in
order to jointly implement various schemes and to ensure no duplication of effort and to
minimise the efficiency loss due to lack of unity and cooperation between the various
departments.
Various acts such as the JJ Act, Child Labor Act, PITA and the Child Abuse Act have been
enacted by the Supreme Court and ICPC. All the committees should be located under one roof in
order to facilitate interdepartmental communication and fostering an cohesive approach towards
implementation of the above policies.
Anti Trafficking committees are already functional at a taluk and a gram panchayat level. These
committees should report into one committee at a state level which is empowered to make all the
decisions under the various acts to take action in the State.
Overview and Vision
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Decentralized execution
Addressing the needs of the child is a responsibility that is divided across multiple departments
within the government. While the state action plan ensures that the planning across various
departments is harmonized, it is also important that the execution on the ground is harmonized
and is not limited to individual departments.
Keeping this goal in mind, the state government will move the responsibilities of execution
closer to the local administration. The district administration and the Panchayat will be
responsible for ensuring the strategies are implemented keeping in mind the holistic needs of the
child and local issues are identified and addressed effectively.
The local administration particularly the gram panchayats will be gradually made responsible for
dispensing the funds for the schemes. The Karnataka government has set up the School
Development and Management Committee (SDMC). This is meant to ensure proper participation
of parents in school activities. SDMC consist of three bodies—the executive body, which
consists of parent representatives, teachers and headmasters; the ex officio member body, which
consists of members from gram and taluka panchayats, anganwadi staff and health officials; and
a third body of all those who are interested in school activities.
The State of Karnataka will endeavour to increase the effectiveness of the existing SDMC’s.
There will also be an effort made to scale up such co-ordination with all players involved in the
education and well being of the child, beyond the school level to block, taluk and district levels.
Role of the community
The role of the community in the success of the state action plan is paramount. The community
plays three key roles in ensuring the realization of the state action plan.
Firstly, the community acts as a local watchdog to ensure the schemes and the plans are
implemented. The community holds the local administration accountable for implementation and
as part of the monitoring committees. The School Development Monitoring Committee (SDMC)
is a good example of such an intention. In order to make them more effective, the state will
conduct more capacity building programmes and also further empower them.
Secondly, the community acts as a collective consciousness that defines what is ethically
acceptable to the child. For change in behaviour to occur, it is important for the community to
agree that a certain practice is not ethically acceptable for any laws or schemes to take effect. For
instance, until the community acknowledges the ill-effects of child marriage or agrees that the
child prostitution is unacceptable, it is impossible for the state to effect any change to address
these issues. In order to achieve this, the state will continue to organize effective awareness
campaigns and community drives to mobilize community opinion.
Finally, community organizations such as civil society organizations have constantly been able
to address local problems, implement local innovations and help improve the quality of the child.
It is important for the government to adopt some of the innovative best practices and scale them
across the state. Also the government will define a clear engagement model between the
community and the institutions so that they can leverage each other's strengths and together
impact the child’s life. Models have been created through several pilots that demonstrate that
involvement of dedicated functionaries from with the community helps promote the overall well
-being of the child. For example Vidya Sahayak under Janashala and community animators
under KCLP project. The next decade efforts will be made to scale this across all parts of the
state.
Streamlining the delivery of services
The child and the family live as part of the overall social fabric and their wellbeing is governed
by the availability of a robust infrastructure. Hence, it is essential that the state is able to ensure
efficient and accessible delivery of essential services which include food, water and health
services.
In addition to nutritious food in schools and Anganwadis, delivery of food materials through the
Public Delivery System (PDS) must be streamlined to ensure that families below the poverty line
have access to the essential quota of food. Similarly, there is strong need for an efficient waste
management infrastructure to ensure the overall health and wellbeing of the child. Clean drinking
water should be made available for all and essential best practices (such as boiling water before
consumption) should be shared through awareness programmes.
A robust health infrastructure must be available in every village. Infrastructure in Primary
healthcare centres will be improved with equipment required to address common ailments,
emergencies and be able to diagnose serious illnesses accurately and as early as possible.
Specialist medical professionals will be made available on a regular basis across villages in a
district.
Within the school, essential services such as toilers and provision of clean drinking will be
universally provided. The state will adopt this strategy to help better enrolment and retention in
schools of especially vulnerable groups such as girl children.
Child-friendly policies
Children are ubiquitous in the social landscape. Every policy that is put in place has a direct or
indirect effect on children. Hence it is important to ensure that all policies that are put into place
in the various departments, such as that of labor, social welfare, disability keep in mind the
impact that these policies may have . Efforts should be made to minimise the negative effect that
these policies may have, and wherever possible, create safety nets to safeguard the child and
include provisions to ensure that the child’s development is considered as part of the policy
formulation.
It is only through involvement and coordination of the various departments that the strategies
that have been outlined in this document can be implemented.
Government of Karnataka will make a concerted effort in the coming decade to pass legislations
and bye-laws to ensure the successful achievement of the listed targets. It will also establish
monitoring cells in each department and open a budgetary line specifically for the State Action
Plan to ensure implementation of the various strategies. Efforts will also be made to integrate the
monitoring cells established in each department, and bring them under the purvey of a single
committee or authority. This will improve coordination amongst departments through the
existing monitoring cells, reduce duplication of efforts, and increase efficiency.
The various monitoring cells will include among their responsibilities, setting up of
infrastructure to ensure smooth delivery of services, continuous monitoring of the targets, and
assessment of the roadblocks. They shall also generate reports which can be used for tracking
purposes.
Primary Departments:
Department Of Women and Child Development: The DWCD will provide overall guidance in
the implementation of the State Action Plan and serve as the nodal agency to ensure coordination
between the various departments for the effective implementation of Action Plan. In addition, it
shall supervise the continued implementation of 1CDS with a view to the reduction of
malnutrition among children and the spread of pre-school education. It shall provide for more
Anganwadi Centres and a sufficient number of Anganwadi workers. These AWWs will take care
of the monitoring of the growth and health of the child, and ensure effective pre-school education
as well as ensure implementation of schemes like Bhagaylakshmi and Sabala which cater to
adolescent girls.
The DWCD shall also be involved in Child protection, working closely with the Police and the
judiciary
Department Of Health: The Department Of Health and Family Welfare shall work in close
conjunction with the Department of Women and Child Development, to safeguard the health of
children in the 0-6 age groups, adolescent girls, and pregnant and lactating mothers. The
ASHA's and the ANM’s trained by the department of Health shall institute safe practices to be
followed during pregnancy, ensure adequate nutrition provided to the mother and facilitate
institutional delivery of the child. Post delivery the health workers will work in coordination with
the AWWs to assess the physical and mental development of the child and ensure that he/she is
receiving adequate levels of nutrition. The AWWs, ASHA’s , ANM’s and the doctors at the
PHC’s shall have a monthly meeting at the block level for reporting and monitoring purposes.
Primary
Departments
Secondary
Departments
Department Of Women and Child
Development
RDPR
Department of Urban Development
Department Of Health
Department Of Education
Police
Department Of Municipal Admin
Department Of Disabled Welfare
Department Of Social Welfare
Department Of Labor
Monitoring for the State Action Plan
The monitoring and supervision of the state action plan shall be carried out on a half yearly level
by an ACS committee. This committee will meet and take stock of the progress towards
achievement of the targets set out in the strategies. They will also be appraised of the
impediments in the implementation of the various schemes and strategies and
suggests
modifications that will be required to improve implementation. The constitution of the
committee will be as given below:
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For the monitoring and reporting requirements of the state action plan a monitoring cell shall be
set up. This cell will serve as the Secretariat for the above committee. This monitoring cell shall
consist of a Joint Director, an Assitant Director and clerk. This cell will collate information from
various departments with a view to ensure implementation of the various strategies proposed in
the State Action Plan. It will also play a coordinating role to ..The JD will also liaise with the
various associated departments in order to ensure fulfilment of the various targets set down in the
state action plan, by ensuring that the infrastructure, personnel and the budgetary requirements
are being met.
Implementation Mechanism
Child Protection
To ensure that children of every age group are provided protection adequate implementation and
monitoring mechanisms should be put in place. At the state level a State Child Protection Unit
will be set up. This committee is expected to have 5-7 members by 2012. This unit will monitor
and supervise all activities and plan convergence with the other Departments associated with
child protection, such as the Department Of Labor and the Department Of Education.
At a district level, a District Child Protection Unit will be set up. This unit will be responsible
for all measures taken to safeguard the rights of the child. The District Child Labour Project
Society and the proposed District Child Protection Units should ensure convergence in its
activities. Both the units are recommended to be established under single roof at the district
level. The revised action plan for the elimination of child labour is also recommending the same:
The Deputy Commissioner and Deputy Director. DWCD of the respective districts should ensure
this.
Child Labor Budget
The budget for child labor has been estimated considering the opportunities and limitations
existing for finding the required resources. The estimate has been made pragmatically so as to
ensure proper and efficient utilization of resources.
Estimates of District Child Labour Elimination Project Societies Budget
70,00,000
60,00,000
50,00,000
■ Capital Costs
40,00,000
Program Costs
30,00,000
■ Operational Costs
g Personnel costs
20,00,000
10,00,000
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Year 2
Year 3
Costs
Year 1
Year 2
Personnel
354,000
Operational
0
Year 7
Year 5
Year 6
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Total
(‘000)
371,700
390,285
409,799
430,289
451,804
474,393
2,882.3
204,000
206.040
208,100
210.181
212,283
214,406
216,550
1,471.6
Program
3,122,000
4,683,890
4,760,968
4,840,331
4,922,073
5,006,301
5,360,621
32,696.2
Capital
160.000
Total per
district
3,840,000
Year 4
160.0
5,261,630
5,359,354
5,460,31 1
5,564,645
5,672,51 1
6,051,564
37,050.1
Total for 30
districts
(000,000)
115.2
157.9
163.8
160.8
166.9
1,111.5
181.6
170.2
Karnataka State Resource Centre on Child Labour (KSRCCL)
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2,50,00,000
2,00,00,000
Overhead
1,50,00,000
■ Capital Costs
Program Costs
1,00,00,000
IB Operational Costs
■ Personnel costs
50,00,000
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Year 1
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 4
Year 6
Year 5
Year 7
Year 6
3,072,000 3,379,200 3,717,120 4,088,832 4,497,715 4,947,487
390,845
383,181
368,302
375,668
361,080
Operational 354,000
Personnel
Year 7
Total (‘000)
5,442,235 29,144.6
398,661
2,631.7
Program
15,589,000^ 15,692,080 14,450,566 13,316,102 13,022,181 13,251,237 13,150,337 98,471.5
Capital
580,000
Total
KSRCCL
19,595
19,432.86
18,535.99
17,780.60
17.903.08
18,589.57
18.991.23
130,247.83
203,760
192.115
181,564
179,443
182,575
185,110
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Operational
187,1 10
Overhead
KSCLEPS
Budget for
30 districts
134,982.11 582,970.8
556,079.64 533,418.06 537,092.31 557,687.07 569,736.99 3,907,434.87
(‘000)
Sources of Budget for CLE Action Plan: 2010 - 2017
25,00,00,000
20,00,00,000
® Req. from GoK
15,00,00,000
KSRCCL
n Cost Sharing for CLRBC
10,00,00,000
: NCLP
5,00,00,000
Year 1 Year2 Year3 Year4 Year5 Yearb Year?
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year?
Total
(‘000)
NCLP Fund
Available
8,636,000 8.636,000
with 17
Districts*
8,636,000
8,636,000
8,636,000
8,636,000
8,636,000
60,452
Cost sharing
for CLRBC
28,732,200 57,464,400
(DoE/SSA,
NCLP)
57,464,400 57,464,400 57,464,400 57,464,400 57,464,400 373,518.6
Mobilization
2,700,000
from ext.
Source for
1,452,000
Year 1
Year 2
1,320,000
0
0
0
0
5,472
KSRCCL
Budget req.
from GoK
94,913,910 110,064,620 111,956,332 115,671,104 118,921,498 122,847,060 134,622,885 808,997.41
for action
plan
* Excluding school budget
With respect to the budget for 2011-2013, as per the revised action plan , Rs 11.5 crore as per the
revised action plan 20110-1017 (subject to approval) should be spent from Dept of Labour
towards the activities for the elimination of child labour in the state.
Monitoring Framework:
Process Indicator
Target
I ibour
Achieved
Financial Outlay
Disbursed
Amount
Current estimate
of CL
Number
of
inspections
made
Number of child
labour
cases
detected
Number of child
labourers
released and
rehabilitated in
transit/
rehabilitation
homes
Number
of
cases
filed
against
employers
Number of
establishments
running full time
balawadis/
number of such
institutions
up
in
set
worker-
rich settlements
Number of
establishments
implementing
statutory
minimum
wages, working
hours and
leave
entitlements,
health and
safety
measures,
social
security
measures
of
Number
rehabilitated
child
labourers
obtaining
vocational skills
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Maternal Health
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The 2003-10 SPAC focused on reducing maternal mortality rate from 213 per lakh live births
(acc to SRS conducted in 2004-06) to 100 per lakh in 2012. It aimed to increase the percentage
of institutional deliveries from 51.1% in 2001 to 75% in 2010 and achieve 100% of deliveries by
trained persons. In line with this, the State has achieved 93% institutional deliveries in 2010??.
Some important strategies employed to achieve these figures were increasing the coverage of the
Reproductive and Health Care programme and spreading awareness about contraceptive methods
and the need for spacing of pregnancies.
According to available statistics, the maternal mortality rate has reduced from 228 per lakh live
births in 2001-03 to 213 (as per SRS 2004-06). In 2002-2004 (as per DLHS 2) institutional
delivery was 57.9% (as per DLHS 2) and it increased to 65.1% in 2007-08 (as per DLHS3).
Institutional delivery is 86.4% (CES 2009). Ante Natal registration is 91.9% (CES 2009) and
three Ante Natal checkups are 91.3% (CES 2009). The percentage of safe deliveries is 88.4%.
Way forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards maternal health and the strategies to
achieve the same.
Objective: Raise awareness on the right age for pregnancy and the need for family planning.
Strategy
Responsible
department
Conduct campaigns to reduce incidences of early marriages and
DWCD
thus delay first pregnancy
Disseminate information to young couples about contraceptives
Department of Health
and make them accessible to buy.
and
Family
Welfare,
DWCD
Engage the local community organizations such as SHGs and
DWCD,
NGOs to increase awareness about the need to delay the first
Samakhya
Mahila
pregnancy and space pregnancies.
Objective: To increase the number of women who have access to institutional health care
before, during and after delivery.
Strategy
Responsible
department
Ensure early identification and prompt registration of pregnant
DWCD, Department of
women with complications
Health
and
Family
Welfare
Train Anganwadi workers to monitor the health status of
DWCD
expectant mothers and to provide information on necessary care
to be taken during pregnancy namely nutrition, immunization,
and health check up for the mother as well as child.
Ensure availability of well equipped health care centres, with
Department of Health
obstetric facilities within a comfortable distance
and Family Welfare
Ensure that emergency obstetric care is available around the clock
Department of Health
in all taluk level hospitals and all CHC’s.
and Family Welfare
Work on developing transportation facilities to reach health care
Department of Health
centres, particularly for communities located in remote areas
and
Family
Welfare,
Department
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u
Transport (Bus pass)
In case of remote locations, ensure availability of specialized
Department of Health
services and experts on a regular basis.
and Family Welfare
Doctors and Nurses will be given a difficult area allowance to ensure
achievement of this goal/strategy
Ensure broader adoption of schemes such as Janani Surakhsha
Department Of Health
Yojana and Thayi Bhagya Yojana which are designed to promote
and Family Welfare
institutional deliveries
Objective: To improve the health and nutrition status among women of reproductive age and
expectant and nursing mothers
Strategy
Responsible
department
Ensure access to supplementary nutrition programmes to a larger
DWCD, Department Of
number of women and adolescent girls
Health
and
Family
Welfare
Run awareness programmes and community engagements to
DWCD. Department Of
emphasize need for nutritional requirements of pregnant women
Health
and nursing mothers.
Welfare
Address the nutritional status of adolescent girls through focused
DWCD, Department Of
engagement to reduce instances of malnourishment which could
Health
later affect their reproductive health
Welfare
Prioritize treatment of serious diseases such as tuberculosis etc
Department Of Health
in pregnant women
and Family Welfare
Continuously monitor the intake of the essential nutrients and
DWCD, Department Of
micro-nutrients through regular visits by the Anganwadi workers
Health
and
and
and
Family
Family
Family
H
and ANM and ASHA workers
Welfare
Enrol all pregnant women and lactating mothers in Anganwadi
DWCD, Department Of
centres and provide them with regular immunization
Health
and
Family
Welfare
Address high incidence of Anaemia by providing iron
DWCD. Department Of
supplements.
Health
and
Family
Welfare
Leverage Mobile technology to provide reminders and updates to
Department Of Health
pregnant mothers based on their date of pregnancy on nutrition.
and Family Welfare
immunization and best practices
Way forward: Timeline
Overall goals
2011-2013
2013-16
2017-2020
• Reduce MMR to 100
• Reduce MMR to 90
• Reduce MMR to 70
Access
99%
99% • Ensure
• Ensure
institutional
institutional
deliveries
deliveries
to • Well-equipped
99%
• Sustain
institutional deliveries
health • Continuous upgrade of • Continuous upgrade of
institutional
care centres at PHC
facilities
health care
levels
emergencies and other
emergencies and other
complications
complications
to
address
facilities
to
address
• Improved
transportation
and
• Increased number of • Increased
infrastructure in case
local
of remote locations
villages
• Ensure
100
%
• Sustain
experts
in
of
local experts in villages
• Sustain
100%
number
registration
100%
of
u
registration
Improvement
of
registration
of
expectant
mothers
in
expectant mothers in
expectant mothers in
the first 3 months of
the first 3 months of
the first 3 months of
pregnancy
pregnancy
pregnancy
• Ensure 100% coverage • Ensure 100% coverage • Sustain 100% coverage
in Health and
of pregnant
nutrition
through
women
ASHA
and
AN M's workers
of pregnant women
of pregnant women
• Reduce % of women • Reduce % women with
with Anaemia to 5%
Anaemia to 0%
• Reduce % of women
with Anaemia to 10%
currently the level of
anemia is 55.9%(
Awareness
generation
• Multi-channel campaigns on the need for delayed pregnancy , use of
contraceptives
• Awareness programmes on the need for nutrition and other supplements
• Engagement with local NGOs and SHGs
Neo-natal care
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The 2003-10 SPAC dealt with neo natal care under Child Health and the Early Childhood Care,
Development and Birth Registration sub-theme. Under the first sub theme, the objectives were to
reduce IMR from 55 (per 1000 live births) in 2002 to less than 30 in 2010. The Plan intended to
reduce NMR from 37.1 in 2002 to less than 15 in 2010. The focus under Early Childhood Care,
Development and Birth Registration was to develop programmes that aimed at the holistic
development of children in the 0-3 years age group and ensure that 80% of children in this age
group were covered by these programmes by 2010.
H
According to the available statistics, the IMR in Karnataka is 41 (As per SRS 2009) and the Neo
mortality rate is 24(SRS 2007). Only 38.2%(CES 2009) of children are breastfed within one hour
of birth and 38.2% (CES 2009)of children less than 6 months were exclusively breastfed.
Way forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards neonatal care and the strategies to
achieve the same.
Objective: Provide access to medical facilities and expertise to Neonates
Responsible
Strategy
department
of Health
Provide neo natal health care facilities in hospitals and family
Department
health units across all PHC’s.
and Family Welfare
Ensure that at least one hospital within reasonable distance of
Department of Health
backward areas has a functioning neo natal intensive care unit
and Family Welfare
Train Female Health Workers (HW-F), and ASHAs to handle
DWCD, Department of
common neo natal health problems. Anganawadi workers
Health
(AWW) to be trained to detect and inform parents and health
Welfare
and
Family
workers about these problems.
Provide information to expectant mothers on common health
DWCD, Department of
problems of neonates and information on where and how to
Health
access health care services
Welfare
and
Family
Objective: Ensure child has access to breast milk and adequate nutrition
Strategy
Responsible
department
Ensure mothers breastfeed the child with 1 hour of birth during
Department of Health
institutional and assisted deliveries
and
Family
Welfare,
DWCD
Encourage mothers to have a feeding timetable which the
DWCD, Department of
Anganwadi workers can use to monitor the frequency of feeding
Health
and
Family
Welfare
Ensure that AWW and ASHA’s and ANM’s monitor the nutrition
DWCD, Department of
status of the new born during their regular visits to homes and
Health
take necessary steps to deal with any instances of improper
Welfare
and
Family
nutrition
Way forward: Timeline
2011-2013
Overall goal
Ensure
2013-16
2017-2020
• Reduce IMR to 30
• Reduce IMR to 25
• Reduce IMR to 20
• Reduce NMR to 22
• Reduce NMR to 20
• Reduce NMR to 15
• Provide breastfeeding • Ensure 75% children • Ensure
breastfeeding
timetable
of child
mothers
all
to
immediately
90% children
breastfed immediately
breastfed
after birth
after birth
after delivery
Ensure
80% • Ensure
immediately
90% children
• Ensure 70% children
children
breastfed
breastfed immediately
breastfed
after birth
after birth
immediately
immediately
after birth
Access
to • Well-equipped
health • Continuous upgrade of • Continuous upgrade of
institutional
care
health care
PHCs and CHCs
centres
in
all
• Improved
transportation
and
infrastructure in case
facilities
to
address
facilities
to
address
emergencies and other
emergencies and other
complications
complications
• Increased number of • Increased
local
experts
in
number
of
local experts in villages
of remote locations
villages
Awareness
• Capacity building of ANM. ASHA AWW on Neonatal care
generation
• Awareness programmes on the challenges of neonatal care to mothers
• Continuous awareness about immunization to the mothers
Objective: To put in place systems to facilitate early detection of disabilities and provision of
appropriate healthcare to children with disabilities.
Strategy
Responsible department
Development of a checklist that can be used by village level
Department
functionaries particularly AWW's. ANM’s and VRW’s to
Welfare
of
Disabled
of
Disabled
of
Disabled
Disabled
enable them to flag children who are potentially disabled.
Develop training modules to train AWWs, ANMs, VRWs,
Department
and doctors (particularly pediatricians)
Welfare
Develop and annually update a resource directory of referral
Department
service providers
Welfare
Conduct training programmes for village level functionaries.
Department
of
The training programmes can be conducted at governmental
Welfare,
ICDS-DWCD,
and non-governmental service provider institutions
RCH-Department of Health
and Family Welfare
Develop a mass media plan to increase awareness on benefits
Department
of early detection of disability
Welfare
of
Disabled
Objective: To ensure early detection of disabilities and to ensure appropriate healthcare to
children with disabilities.
Strategy
Train doctors to screen new born babies
Responsible department
Department of Health and
Family Welfare
Screen all newborns (institutional delivery cases) with a view
Department of Health and
to identifying disabilities
Family Welfare
Extend Suvarna Arogya Chaitanya to Anganwadis. Ensure
Department of Health and
that the following specialists are included in the above health
Family Welfare
camps : developmental pediatrician, ophthalmologist, ENT,
orthopedic
Ensure that each child has a growth chart. A copy of the
Department of Health and
growth chart can be give to the parent. The primary
Family Welfare, Department
responsibility for maintaining the growth chart will lie with
of
the AWW and ANM. The doctors who come as part of
Development
and
Women
Child
Suvarna Arogya Chaitanya will also make their remarks on
this chart.
Review growth charts at monthly /quarterly block district and
Department of Health and
state level meetings
Family Welfare, Department
of
Women
and
Child
development, Department of
Disabled Welfare
Conduct mass media based awareness campaigns
Department
of
Disabled
of
Disabled
Welfare
Using the VRW conduct parental awareness camps to enable
Department
parents to detect potential disabilities
Welfare
Objective: To establish structures that ensure early intervention for children identified
with disabilities
Establishment of Early intervention centers at Taluk level for
Department Of Health and
support and treatment of children who have been referred
Family Welfare
from the Anganwadis
Funds for these centres can be allocated from NRHM and by
the Department of Disabled Welfare
Train required personnel in areas such as Physiotherapy,
Department
occupational therapy, speech and auditorial therapy
Welfare
Provide cash/kind incentives to parents to bring their children
Department
for treatment in the early intervention centres eg. Subsidized
Welfare
of
Disabled
of
Disabled
bus pass, coupons for meals
Provide simple but effective aids at the early intervention
Department Of Health and
centres
Family
Department
and
Welfare
of
Disabled
Of
Disabled
Welfare
Develop low cost technology for differently abled children
Department
Welfare and Department of
Science and Technology
Ensure regular Check ups of children identified with
Department
Of
Health,
disability. This will be ensured by the by the ANM’s and
Department
of
Disabled
VRW’s.
Welfare
Ensure all newly constructed hospital buildings are equipped
Department Of Health and
with infrastructure that make them accessible to children with
Family Welfare
disabilities.
Run Awareness campaigns within communities in order to
Department
sensitise the community towards the needs of differently
Welfare
Of
Disabled
abled children
Continued efforts to ensure that prevention of disabilities
Department Of Health and
through immunization and other preventive measures is
Family Welfare
strengthened
Way forward: Timeline
Overall goal
2011-2013
2013-16
Ensure Systems • Develop
in
place
enable
detection
to
early
a
Introduce the
2017-2020
• Ensure
that
comprehensive
checklist to the
checklist is used
checklist to identify
anganwadis and train
identify disabilities
potential disabilities in
AWWs in its use
children
• Develop
training
modules
to
train
village
level
functionaries
•
Train AWWs,
•
a
to
Train AWWs,
ANM’s and ASHA’s
ANM’s and ASHA’s
in the care and
in the care and
rehabilitation of
rehabilitation of
children with special
children with special
• Create
the
needs.
needs.
resource
directory for referral
Update the resource
service providers
directory on an
•
directory on an
annual basis
annual basis
Conduct awareness
• Develop a mass media
plan to be used for
conducting awareness
campaigns to
sensitise
Update the resource
•
Conduct awareness
campaigns to sensitise
communities
communities
Access
to • Neo natal screening of • Neo natal screening of • Neonatal screening of
50% of all institutional
70% all institutional
90%
health care
deliveries
deliveries
deliveries
that
• Ensure
institutional
all
institutional
all
all
anganwadis
are
• Ensure
Arogya
covered
this
anganwadis are covered
Chaitanya to include
scheme
Anganwadis
• Increase the number of • Increase the number of
• Expand coverage of
Suvarna
• Increase the number of
doctors
in
health
camps,
to
include
experts
in
disability
detection, rehab and
care.
• Ensure
provision
of
growth chart to every
child
in
experts
under
that
under this scheme
based
on
based
experts
on
requirement
requirement
Ensure appropriate usage
appropriate of growth chart to
usage of growth chart measure the development
• Ensure
to
measure
the of child
development of child.
the
Anganwadi Centre
Access
to • Early
• Continuous
intervention • Continuous
of
augmentation
rehabilitation
centres should be set
augmentation
and care.
up at a Taluk level
facilities and addition
facilities and addition
of experts
of experts
• Deploy personnel in
• Deploy
intervention
intervention
• Train
personnel
in
areas
relating
to
disability management
• Development
and
provision of low cost
of
centers.
personnel
in
centers.
Ensure yearly training
Ensure yearly training
modules to augment
modules
skills.
skills
• Development
to
augment
and • Development
and
provision of low cost
provision of low cost
effective assistive aids
effective assistive aids
effective assistive aids
Awareness
• Capacity building of ANM, ASHA AWW, VRW on disabled welfare
generation
• Awareness programmes on the challenges of disabled welfare for parents
Early childcare
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The 2003-10 SPAC focused on developing holistic programmes for children in the age group of
0 to 3 years and ensuring that 100% of children in this age group have access to ICDS by 2010.
ICDS were meant to cover all relevant areas, including health, nutrition, immunization,
education etc. The focus was on strengthening the ICDS network to ensure that its services reach
a sizeable population, with a focus on reaching communities situated in remote areas.
With respect to nutrition, the focus was on reducing moderate malnutrition in children and severe
malnutrition in children to one third of the present level (severe malnutrition was at 6.2% in
2001). The plan intended to achieve this through promoting awareness of breastfeeding,
providing children with regular doses of vitamins (Vitamin A) and micronutrients (iodine, iron),
improving food distribution to BPL families through PDS to tackle food insecurity and including
nutrition as an important component in programmes for pre-primary students and in GO and
NGO programmes.
The number of beneficiaries through Anganwadis has increased from 12,12,000 children aged 03 years and 12,22,000 children aged 3-6 years in 2001 to 17,75.881 and 16,03,856 children
d
respectively in 2010. This covers 74.70% of children in the 0-3 age group and 67.90% of the 3-6
age group. The number of Anganwadi centres has gone up from 40,301 in 2001 to 63,377 in
2010.
While severe malnutrition levels in Karnataka have fallen to 0.3% in 2009 (according to ICDS
data), there is sill scope for improvement. ,. According to NFHS (3), the percentage of
underweight children (under 3 years) is 41.1; stunted children (under 3 years) is 38% and wasted
children (under 3 years) is 18.9; 17.6% children have moderate anaemia, and 1.9% have severe
anaemia, Given these figures, it is important to ensure the effective implementation of nutrition
programmes and work towards strategies which would effectively tackle problems related to
nutrition.
Way forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards early childcare and the strategies to
achieve the same.
Objective: Ensure betterment in the nutritional status of children
Responsible
Strategy
department
Ensure universal reach of the Supplementary Nutrition
DWCD
Programme
Provide information to parents and care givers about the
DWCD
nutritional requirement of children
Establish special centres in district hospitals, medical
DWCD, Department of
colleges and child health institutions to deal specifically
Health
with instances of child malnourishment
Welfare
AWW’s
should conduct regular weighing and constant
growth monitoring of children. The AWW’s should educate
DWCD
and
Family
the parents bout nutritional needs of the child.
Establish tertiary care unit centres for acutely sick and
Department of Health
malnourished children in child health institutions, district
and Family Welfare
hospitals and medical colleges
Objective: Ensure child has access to breast milk
Strategy
Responsible
department
Urge mothers to adopt exclusive breastfeeding for their
DWCD, Department of
infants for the first 6 months during mothers meetings
Health
and
Family
Welfare
During mothers meetings, educate mothers to compulsorily
DWCD, Department of
provide solid or semi-solid food, in addition to breast milk
Health
for infants in the 624 months age group,. At 24 months
Welfare
and
Family
breast feeding should be stopped.
Encourage mothers to have a feeding timetable which the
DWCD, Department of
Anganwadi workers and ASHA workers can use to monitor
Health
the frequency of feeding
Welfare
Ensure that AWW and ASHA workers monitor the nutrition
DWCD, Department of
status of the new born during their regular visits to homes
Health
and take necessary steps to deal with any instances of
Welfare
and
and
Family
Family
improper nutrition
Objective: Ensure child receives all essential immunization
Strategy
Responsible
department
Conduct awareness programmes to ensure that the parents
Department
of
Health and Family
are informed about all the essential immunization
Welfare, DWCD
Conduct immunization camps on fixed days in the villages
Department
to address specific issues ; Ensure there is wide publicity
Health and Family
given
in
villages
to
any
upcoming
of
Welfare, DWCD
immunization
programmes
Provide an immunization checklists to all the parents that
Department
are then checked by Anganwadi workers and ANM during
Health and Family
their regular visits to the mothers
Welfare, DWCD
Leverage mobile technology to provide regular reminders
DWCD,
based on the immunization schedule of the child
Department
of
of
Health and Family
Welfare
DWCD
Disseminate information about immunization through mass
media
Objective: To reduce incidences of anaemia and vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies in
children
Responsible
Strategy
department
Ensure that all children under 5 years receive oral regular doses of
DWCD, Department of
vitamin A
Health
Family
and
Welfare
Increase the use of iodised salt, especially in areas which
Department
of
are prone to goitre
and
Supplies,
Civil
Food
DWCD, Department of
Health
Family
and
Welfare
Ensure consumption of iron and folic acid tablets by expectant
Department of Health
mothers and adolescent girls
and
Welfare,
Family
DWCD. Department Of
Education
Promote consumption of green leafy vegetables and fruits by
DWCD, Department of
generating awareness about their benefits and including them in
Health
meals provided at anganwadis
Welfare
and
Family
Objective: Ensure early childcare for all children between 0-6 years
Strategy
Responsible
department
Scale Anganwadis to ensure coverage among all communities
DWCD
with population more than 150
Work with local panchayats to provide alternate forms of child
DWCD
care in hamlets with population less than 300.
Expand creche services under programmes like Rajiv Gandhi
Department
National creche scheme and NREGAto support institutional care.
Panchayati
Rural
of
Raj
and
Development,
Department of Labour,
Municipalities
Work with the local panchayats to ensure sufficient infrastructure
DWCD, Department of
for the Anganwadis in all villages
Pane hay at i Ra j
Ensure that the Anganwadis have access to clean drinking water,
DWCD, Department of
clean toilets and efficient waste management infrastructure
Panchayati Raj, Public
Works Department
Objective: Ensure holistic child development as part of early childcare
Responsible
Strategy
department
Ensure that all anganwadi centres have own buildings
funded by the state.
DWCD
Ensure that the Anganwadis are child-friendly and provide
spaces for physical recreation and creative arts
DWCD
Prioritize preschool education by adopting initiatives such
as providing teaching and learning tools, scheduling
separate time slots for teaching and training of workers
DWCD
Engage SDMC in monitoring the Anganwadis to ensure that
the children can be enrolled in the schools
Engage the
community,
especially the
mothers,
Bal
DWCD,
in
Vikas Samithi
monitoring the effective functioning of the Anganwadis
Objective: Ensure early identification of severe or persistent health problems
Strategy
Responsible
department
Conduct quality health check up at AWC once in every 3 months
DWCD, Department of
by involving private doctors and medical officers
Health
Welfare
Include Anganwadi children in Suvarna Arogya Chaitanya; a
DWCD
and
Family
programme for yearly check-up of school children
Department Of Health
Ensure ANM's regularly conduct health checkups of children.
and Family Welfare
Ensure availability of trained doctors and medical facilities at
Department of Health
PHCs
and Family Welfare
****Put present status
*** Use as per new WHO growth standards
Way forward: Timeline
2011-2013
Overall goal
5, • Reduce,
under
severe malnutrition to
0.2% (post april 10th)
0.15%
moderate • Reduce
under nutrition to 10%
malnutrition to 0%
• Reduce moderate under
moderate
under nutrition to 5%
nutrition to 0%
• Ensure
100%
of
• Ensure
80%
of • Ensure
90%
of
children access to early
children
access
to
children
access
to
childcare
early childcare
early childcare
• Ensure 70% children • Ensure 80% children • Ensure 90% children
breastfeeding
breastfed
of child
for first 6 months
Immunization
5, • Reduce, under 5, severe
under
severe malnutrition to
• Reduce
Ensure
• Reduce U5MR to 25
• Reduce U5MR to 35
• Reduce U5MR to 45
• Reduce,
2017-2020
2013-16
• Ensure
infants
exclusively
exclusively
breastfed
70% of the • Ensure 90% of the • Ensure
receive
all
check
and
infants
receive
exclusively
for first 6 months
for first 6 months
essential immunization
cross
breastfed
all
essential immunization
infants
100% of the
receive
all
essential immunization
Lakshmi Narayan
mobile
• Leverage
technology
share
to
best
reminders.
practice
Access
to • Well-equipped health • Continuous upgrade of • Continuous upgrade of
institutional
care
health care
taluks (get numbers)
centres
all
in
facilities
address
to
facilities
to
address
emergencies and other
emergencies and other
complications
complications
• Improved
and • Increased number of • Increased
transportation
infrastructure in case
local experts in CHC’s
number
of
local experts in CHC’s
remote
of
how
locations(ask
many buses required
and on what basis?)
Nutrition
• Reduce % of children • Reduce % of children • Reduce % of children
with Anaemia to 50%
with Anaemia to 40%
Early childcare • Ensure Anganwadis in • Provide
for all
all
communities
for
welfare
small/
population of 150
alternate
centres
dispersed
comm unities( lesser
• Provide
childcare
services in all creches
than 300)
in
with Anaemia to 20%
universal
• Provide
access
of
childcare
across
early
the
state
• Ensure all Anganwadis
are child-friendly and
• Provide
clean
toilet
and drinking water in
all Anganwadis
complete with the right
infrastructure
Holistic
Development
• Strengthen Bal vikas
Samitis -
monitoring
adoption
• Ensure
of • Ensure
curriculum
learning
comprising mothers to
across all Anganwadis
the
Anganwadis
existing
preschool
Anganwadis and other
SDMCs
need
work
to
in
coordination with Bala
Samithi
Vikas
synergies with primary
ensure the delivery of
education
pre-school
so
capacity
across all
childcare centres
• Engage the
curriculum to ensure
• Conduct
curriculum
across all Anganwadis • Achieve
• Further improve the
of
comprehensive learning
comprehensive
committees
monitor
adoption
to
100%
conversion
from
all
childcare
centres
to
school
education
transition
to
primary school
building trainings to
Anganwadi • Achieve
100%
workers to teach the
transition
from
children
Anganwadis
to
the
Achieve 100% transition
schools.
from Anganwadis to
schools.
Adolescent Health
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The Draft National Policy of Children (June 2001) recognizes adolescents as a vulnerable age
group because of the variety of pressures they face (to become economically productive, family
pressures due to child marriage, health risks due to unsafe sexual practices and increased risk of
H1V/AIDS) and lack of programmes that specifically target this age group. Taking this as a point
of reference, the 2003-10 SPAC focused on creating concrete programmes that would address
the various issues adolescents faced and provide them with training and support to help them
deal with the same. The aim was to introduce these programmes during the beginning of the plan
period and extend the coverage of these programmes to 100% of adolescents by the end of the
plan period (2010). It also aimed at increasing the literacy rate (in adults) from 67.04% in 2001
to more than 85% by 2010.
Way forward: Strategies
Following are the state government's key objectives towards adolescent health and the strategies
to achieve the same.
Objective: Improve the nutritional and health status of adolescent
DWCD. , Department
girls Reduce the incidence of early marriages to control
of Health and Family
deterioration of girl’s health due to early marriage and early
Welfare
pregnancies
Monitor nutritional status of girls and provide provisions for
DWCD, Department of
supplementing available nutrition
Health
and
Family
Welfare
Objective: To regularly monitor the health of adolescents and enable access to basic health care
services
Strategy
Responsible
department
Conduct awareness programmes about health and nutrition for the
Department of
benefit of adolescents
Health and Family
Welfare. DWCD,
Department of
Education
Provide regular health check up at schools to monitor the health
Department of
and nutritional status of adolescents
Health and Family
Welfare,
Department of
Education
Conduct awareness programmes about HIV/AIDS and sexually
Department of
transmitted diseases for adolescents to promote safe sexual
Health and Family
practices and reduce the occurrence of these diseases in adolescents
Welfare
Way forward: Timeline
Overall goal
2011-2013
2013-16
2017-2020
Ensure access to
Ensure access to
Ensure access to
essential
Access
healthcare
healthcare
essential
healthcare
essential
services to 70% of all
services to 80% of all
services to 90% of all
adolescents
adolescents
adolescents
• Achieve 60% adoption
• Achieve 80% adoption
to • Conduct specific health
institutional
programmes addressing
health care
the
holistic
needs of
of
the
programmes
health
of
the
health
programmes
youth
Awareness
• Awareness programmes on the ill-effects of child marriages, early pregnancy
generation
• Awareness programmes on HIV/AIDS and the measures to prevent the disease
• Awareness programmes on service availability of MTP services and Sneha clinic
Water and sanitation
Water and sanitation
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The 2003-10 SPAC focused on ensuring universal access to water supply, especially drinking
water supply. Attention was paid to regions where access to water was particularly difficult, for
instance, rural and semi-rural communities, tribal communities and habitations where scheduled
caste communities reside. One important goal was to provide 55 litres of water per capita per day
for every person and sustain this level of water supply once it was achieved.
Way forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards water and sanitation and the
strategies to achieve the same.
Objective: To ensure universal access to the minimum per capita water supply of 40 litres per
capita per person.
Strategy
Responsible
department
Undertake construction of water reservoirs in areas which do not
Department
have easy access to water
Water Resources
Invest in technology to purify water and make it potable, especially
Department
in areas where available water is not potable
Water Resources
Encourage methods of water conservation such as rain water
Department
harvesting
Water Resources,
of
of
of
Department
of
panchayati
Raj
Rural
and
Development,
Department
of
School Education
Reduce contamination of drinking water sources by enforcing strict
Revenue
legislation on situating industries away from such sources and
department.
encouraging them to adopt water purification methods
Department
of
Industries
Objective: To ensure all households and neighbourhoods have access to clean and usable
sanitation facilities
Strategy
Responsible department
Provide financial assistance for construction of toilets in
Department of Panchayati Raj,
houses for BPL families .
Rural
Water
Supply
and
Sanitation Agency
Undertake construction of shared latrines for the
Department of Panchayati Raj,
community in areas where the percentage of households
Rural
with access to sanitation is very low
Sanitation Agency
Ensure proper maintenance of existing community toilets
Department of Panchayati Raj,
Rural
Water
Water
Sanitation
bodies,
Supply
Supply
Agency,
and
and
Municipal
Department of Urban
Development
Involve Panchayats in the management and maintenance
Department of Panchayati Raj,
of local water sources in the village
Rural
Water
Supply
and
Sanitation Agency
Involve Panchayats in ensuring effective sanitation and
Department of Panchayati Raj,
Water
Rural
waste management infrastructure in the village
Supply
and
Sanitation Agency
Objective: To ensure schools and anganwadi centres are equipped with water and sanitation
facilities:
Responsible department
Strategy
Department
of
Undertake construction of toilets in anganwadi centres and
DWCD,
schools as per the norms laid down in The Manual of
Panchayati Raj. Rural Water
Preventive and Social Medicine. Ensure separate toilets for
Supply and Sanitation Agency
girls.
Department
of
Ensure availability of drinking water in schools and AWCs
DWCD,
and separate water facilities for toilets (24 hours availability
Panchayati Raj, Rural Water
of water)
Supply and Sanitation Agency
Undertake proper maintenance of existing toilets and ensure
DWCD,
availability of water and maintain the cleanliness of toilets
Panchayati Raj, Rural Water
Department
of
Supply and Sanitation Agency,
Department Of Education.
Way forward: Timeline
Overall goal
2017-2020
2013-16
2011-2013
• 90% homes have access • 95% homes have access • 100%
to safe drinking water
to safe drinking water
homes
have
access to safe drinking
water
• 70%
schools
and • 80%
schools
and
anganwadi s have access
anganwadis have access • 90%
to safe drinking water
to safe drinking water
schools
and
anganwadis have access
to safe drinking water
• 60%
villages
have • 70%
villages
have
efficient water and waste
efficient
mgmt, infrastructure
waste
water
and • 80%
mgmt.
infrastructure
efficient
villages
have
water
and
waste
mgmt.
infrastructure
Water
and • Financial assistance to • Implementation of local • Sustain availability and
sanitation in
build
homes
homes
toilets
the
in
rainwater
harvesting
and other practices to
conservation of water
and sanitation
conserve water
• Implementation of local
techniques
purification
to clean water
Water
and • Availability
sanitation
in
schools
and
anganwadis
Water
safe • Implementation of local
• Sustain availability and
and
purification techniques
conservation of water
toilets in all schools and
to clean and conserve
and sanitation
Anganwadis
water
drinking
of
water
and • Efficient
sanitation in
distribution
community
infrastructure
water • Setup of large scale rain
• Sustain availability and
harvesting
conservation of water
water
to
the
facilities
and sanitation
local community
• Setup and maintenance
of community toilets
Awareness
generation
• Disseminate information on common water borne diseases in children such as
diarrhoea and steps to prevent them
• Ensure water sources are kept clean and water is not left stagnant
Strategies and Timeline
Education
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Primary Education
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The goals in the 2003-10 SPAC for education focused on ensuring universal education. In order
to achieve this, the state government focused on providing pre-primary educational facilities to
every child in the age group of 3-6 and implementing Right to Education Act to achieve
universal enrolment and retention up to 8 years of schooling for all children. The state
government aimed to reduce the dropout rate at primary and secondary school levels and ensure
that all children complete minimum years of schooling.
In 2008-09, the access ratio for primary school level was 99.53 and 99.14 for upper primary.
Enrolment at the Elementary stage (1st to 8th standard) was at 85.34 percent. The number of out
of school children has decreased from 10.22 lakhs in 2001 (6-14 years age group) to 0.72 lakhs
in 2008 (7-14 years age group). The retention rate for Elementary education stands at 88.22 and
the dropout rate was at 11.78.
Way forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards primary education and the
strategies to achieve the same.
Objective: Ensure all children complete minimum of 8 years of elementary education
Strategy
Responsible department
Ensure access to schools within a reasonable distance (within 1
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
km for primary schools and within 3 kms for upper primary
schools)
Provide proper water and sanitation facilities in schools
Sarva
Siksha
Abhiyan,
CPI, PWD, Department of
Panchayati Raj and Rural
Development
Extend access to schemes meant to reduce dropout rate and
Sarva
improve retention, such as mid day meal schemes, scholarship
Department
and
concessional
fees
for
students
from
disadvantaged
Abhiyan,
Siksha
Social
of
Welfare
backgrounds and girl students etc
Provide access to bridge schools for children who have been out
Sarva
of the formal schooling system for a long time
NCLP, SCLP
Ensure that schools monitor the attendance of children and reach
Sarva
out to the family/community in cases of non-attendance for a
SCERT
Siksha
Siksha
Abhiyan,
Abhiyan,
sustained period
Objective: To strengthen existing systems of education by focusing on quality
Strategy
Responsible department
Regularly monitor quality at the school level
Sarva
Siksha
Abhiyan,
KSQA, SCERT
Conduct regular training sessions for teachers to keep them
Sarva
updated about recent developments in the field
SCERT, CPI
Monitor educational policy and schemes to ensure systems
Sarva
required to develop core competencies in children are in place
SCERT, NIEPA, KSQA
Ensure the availability of proper infrastructure in schools
CPI, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan,
Ensure the availability of one teacher per class in primary
schools
CPI, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Enhance the quality of teaching by innovating on and
upgrading both learning material and teaching practices
SCERT,
Conduct special programmes for schools which achieved less
than 40% in the previous year's assessment by KSQOA and
Siksha
Siksha
Abhiyan,
Abhiyan,
Sarva
Abhiyan
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Siksha
for Urdu and Marathi medium schools
Regularly check the competencies of students to help evaluate
the quality of education provided in schools
Sarva
Abhiyan,
Siksha
SCERT
Way forward: Timeline
Overall goal
2017-2020
2013-16
2011-2013
• Universalise access to • Ensure universal access • Ensure universal access
school
primary
to
primary
school
primary
• Increase retention rate • Ensure 99% retention • Ensure
rate in primary schools.
to 95%
school
education.
education.
education
to
99%
retention
rate in primary schools.
• Reduce drop out rates • Prevent drop outs at the • Prevent drop outs at the
existing • Ensure 90% of schools • Ensure 99% schools are
• Strengthen
metrics for evaluating
quality
of education,
ensure
and
primary level.
primary level.
to less than 10%
70%
quality
standards
able to meet the quality
standards prescribed
prescribed.
the
meet
schools
of
are able to meet the
quality
required
standards.
Easy access to Ensure
schools
lower
availability
primary
of Monitor the availability Monitor the availability of
schools of schooling facilities in schooling facilities in all
within a 1 KM radius and all districts, and continue districts, and continue to
upper
primary
within
KM
Additionally,
and
strengthen
schools to ensure schooling is ensure
schooling
is
radius. physically accessible for physically accessible for
establish all children.
feeder
all children.
schools.
drinking Ensure
clean
clean
drinking
clean
drinking Ensure
Strengthen
Ensure
infrastructure
water, toilets and barrier water, toilets and barrier water, toilets and barrier
free environments in all free environments in all
schools.
schools.
schools.
free environments in all
Incentive
Ensure effective delivery Monitor the delivery of Monitor the delivery of
schemes
of
schemes
incentive incentive
existing
to
schemes, and universalise ensure all children are ensure
bags
to
all children
are
uniforms. provided uniforms, books.
incentives such as free provided
school
schemes
incentive
scholarships etc.
and books, scholarships etc.
stationary.
Quality
Strengthen
teacher Ensure all teachers meet Ensure all teachers meet
improvement
training
programs the required standards of the required standards of
conducted
presently.
Increase
mid-level standards
training
programs.
quality.
measure
the quality.
established. standards
with
Continue
Institutionalize standards training
to
through
sessions.
teaching ensure
the
through
established.
the Continue with the training
to
sessions.
to
ensure
constant constant improvement.
improvement.
quality.
Ensure
Strengthen the existing Administer
competency
KSQAO
to
measure competency
the Administer
the
competency measurement
acquisition by competencies of children. measurement tests on a tests on a regular basis, to
quality
of
Conduct special programs regular basis, to ensure ensure
children
for schools that achieved quality of education is education is appropriate.
less than 40% in last appropriate.
year’s
assessment.
Continue Continue with
remedial
KSQAO with remedial measures measures, for schools that
for schools that achieve achieve less than 40% in
u
less
than
40%
in
assessments.
assessments.
Secondary education
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The 2003-10 SPAC did not have a separate section on secondary education, instead, all
objectives and programmes relevant to education were grouped under the sub-themes- Education
and Education and Skill Development of Adolescents. Objectives from these two sub-themes
which are relevant to secondary education were:
•
Bridging all gender and social category gaps by 2010
•
Making special provisions for meeting the needs of children with disabilities to ensure
they have access to education
•
Providing facilities such as hostels, residential schools and fee concessions to girl
children and children belonging to SC/ST communities
•
Bridging the gap between formal and non-formal education while continuing to reach out
to older children who have never been a part of mainstream education
•
Ensuring the maintenance of quality in education
Way forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards secondary education and the
strategies to achieve the same.
Objective: Ensure universal access to secondary education
Strategy
Responsible department
Upgrade upper primary schools into high schools
Department of Education,
u
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Create Model Schools to ensure access to secondary education in
Department of Education,
backward blocks
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Create Model Residential schools to ensure retention of children
Department
belonging to SC, ST and Minority families
Welfare and Department
of
Social
of Education
Ensure that children belonging to vulnerable sections who stay at
Department of Education,
long distances away from school are extended schemes such as
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
the free bicycle scheme which makes access to school easier
Objective: Ensure that schools are equipped with basic facilities
Strategy
Responsible department
Ensure availability of basic infrastructure in schools by
Department
constructing new buildings and maintaining existing ones
Sarva
of
Education,
Siksha
Abhiyan,
of
Department
Rural
Development and Panchayati
Raj
Provide adequate water and sanitation facilities to all schools
of
Education,
Siksha
Abhiyan,
Department
Sarva
of
Department
Rural
Development and Panchayati
Raj
Provide hostels for girls and students from SC/ST/OBC
Department
communities
Welfare,
of
Social
Sarva
Siksha
Abhiyan
Provide furniture and equipment to schools
__________________________________________
Department
of
Education,
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Ensure the availability of play grounds in school located in
backward taluks
Department
of
Education,
of
Department
Rural
Development and Panchayati
Raj,
PWD,
Sarva
Siksha
Abhiyan
Objective: Achieve universal retention
Strategy
Responsible department
Minimize expenses on education for the parents by providing
CPI, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
free notebooks and uniforms
Provide reimbursements of non-govt. and examination fees to
Department
girl students and SC/ST students
Welfare,
of
Social
Sarva
Siksha
of
Rural
Abhiyan
Ensure availability of basic facilities such as water and
Department
sanitation in schools
Development and Panchayati
Raj, Water and Sanitation
agency,
Sarva
Siksha
Abhiyan. PWD
Social
Provide financial assistance to talented students and students
Department
who come from low income families and perform well
Welfare, Department of Rural
academically
Development and Panchayati
of
Raj, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Generate awareness about the necessity for completing school
education by highlighting benefits such as better opportunities
for earning one’s livelihood
Department
of
Rural
Development and Panchayati
Raj Sarva Siksha Abhiyan,
Department of Social Welfare
Provide creche facilities for working mothers in BPL families
to facilitate older siblings to stay in school for a longer
duration to complete their schooling
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Life skills
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The 2003-10 SPAC covered life skills under two sections; these were. Adolescent Health and
Education and Skill Development of Adolescents. Under Adolescent Health, the focus was on
developing concrete programmes that would improve life skills, health awareness and vocational
skills of adolescents and ensuring that these programmes reached 100% of the adolescent
population by 2010. The focus under Education and Skill Development of Adolescents was on
achieving a literacy rate of more than 85% by 2010. It also aimed to create opportunities for
adolescents to participate in educational/vocational training.
Even though programmes meant to impart awareness about sexual health, nutrition etc have been
put in place, it is difficult to evaluate the achievements under the last plan as data on the number
of adolescents covered under these programmes is not available. Also, recent data on literacy
rates is not yet available.
Way forward: Strategics
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards life skills and the strategies to
achieve the same.
Objective: Ensure all children have access to spaces where they can engage and learn about life
skills.
Strategy
Responsible department
Create Life Skills units in schools which can serve as a nodal
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
point for imparting life skills to children and young adults
Use sports and creative arts as forms of imparting life skills to
Department of Youth and
children and young adults
Sports, Department of Art
and Culture, Sarva Siksha
Abhiyan, Department of
Education
Provide the required infrastructure in schools to support the
Department of Education,
teaching life skills.
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Objective: Ensure adolescents are given support to help them deal with pressures they are prone
to and prevent the occurrence of sexual or economic exploitation:
Strategy
Responsible department
Conduct programmes to generate awareness about challenges
SCERT,
Sarva
that are specific to adolescents- educational, nutritional,
Abhiyan,
Department
economic and sexual. Medical officers should be utilized to
Health and Family Welfare,
provide training on health related issues.
Department Of Education
Ensure that school authorities and law enforcement agencies
Police.
Sarva
Siksha
respond quickly and effectively to any complaints by students
Abhiyan,
Child
Protection
about harassment or exploitation of any kind
Committee
Conduct
awareness
programmes
about
sexual
and
Siksha
Of
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
reproductive health and sexual harassment
Sensitize teachers, school administrators, parents and health
SCERT,
Sarva
care providers to the needs of adolescents and challenges
Abhiyan,
Department
faced during adolescent years (for instance, being prone to
Health and Family Welfare
economic and sexual exploitation).
Siksha
Of
Budgeting for the Department Of Social Welfare
** All figures in lakhs.
Objective
Strategy
Ensure all
children
complete
minimum
of 8 years
of
elementary
education
Extend access to schemes
meant to reduce dropout
rate and improve
retention, such as mid day
meal schemes,
scholarship and
concessional fees for
students from
backgrounds and girl
students.
Ensure
that
schools
are
equipped
with basic
facilities
Provide hostels for girls
and students from
SC/ST/OBC
Scheme
Outlay
20092010
Outlay
20112013
Outlay Outlay
2014- 20172020
2016
A ssistance to
voluntary
organisations to
construct Hotel
buildings
100
364
484
904
Purchase of sites
for Hostels and
residential
Schools
75
273
363
678
Starting and
improvement of
New pre and
Post matric
50
182
242
452
communities
Hostels
Ensure
universal
access to
secondary
education
Achieve
universal
retention
Create Model Residential
schools to ensure
retention of children
belonging to SC, ST and
Minority families
4736
6304
11766
200
728
969
1808
Construction of
Residential
Schools
75
273
363
678
Construction of
Residential
School Complex
Building
1970
7172
9546
17816
Admission of SC 800
meritorious
students in
reputed
educational
institutions
2912
3876
7235
Construction of
hostel buildings
1301
Maintenance of
Morarj i Desai
Residential
Schools
9
Construction of
Morarj i Desai
Residential
Schools
Provide reimbursements
of non-govt. and
examination fees to girl
students and SC/ST
students
Provide financial
assistance to talented
students and students
who come from low
income families and
perform well
academically
Life skills
Create Life Skills units in
schools which can serve
as a nodal point for
imparting life skills to
children and young adults
Conduct programs to
create awareness in
teachers about problems
faced by children from
vulnerable sections
Impart training to
teachers to enhance their
capacity to deal with the
problems faced by such
children
District Level Schemes:
Objective
Strategy
Scheme
Outlay
20092010
Outlay
20112013
Outlay
20142016
Outlay
20172020
Ensure all
children
complete
minimum
of 8 years
of
Extend access to
schemes meant to
reduce dropout rate
and improve
retention, such as
mid day meal
Pre metric
scholarships to
SC students
730.99
2661
3542
6611
elementary schemes, scholarship
education and concessional fees
for students from
backgrounds and girl
students.
Ensure
that
schools
are
equipped
with basic
facilities
Ensure
universal
access to
secondary
education
Provide hostels for
girls and students
Construct and
repair Hotel
buildings
410
1492.81
1986.93
3708.038
Grant in aid to
Private Hostels
18.38
66.92
89.0
166.22
713.77
Starting and
improvement
of New pre and
Post matric
Hostels
2598
3549
6455
from SC/ST/OBC
communities
Create Model
Residential schools
to ensure retention of
children belonging to
SC, ST and Minority
families
Mai ntai nance
of hostel
buildings
540
1966
2616
4883
Construction
of Morarj i
Desai
Residential
Schools
1341
4882.58
6498.71
12127.99
Pre metric
2486
8985.988
11960.35 22320.58
hostels
Achieve
universal
retention
Extra boarding
and lodging
costs
887
3229.56
4298.55
8022.02
Maintenance
of Residential
Schools
63.63
231.67683 308.361
575.46
Construction
of Residential
Schools
2560
9320.96
12406.19 23152.62
Assistance to
SC meritorious
students.
Incentive
scholarships to
girls
1003
3651.92
4860.70
9071.12
34.95
46.52
86.82
Provide
reimbursements of
non-govt. and
examination fees to
girl students and
SC/ST students
Provide financial
assistance to talented
students and students
who come from low
income families and
perform well
academically
Upgradation of 9.60
merit SC
students
Life skills
Create Life Skills
units in schools
which can serve as a
nodal point for
imparting life skills
to children and
young adults
Conduct programs to
create awareness in
teachers about
problems faced by
children from
vulnerable sections
Impart training to
teachers to enhance
their capacity to deal
with the problems
faced by such
children
Non Plan Schemes:
Scheme
Objective
Strategy
Ensure all
children
complete
minimum
of 8 years
of
elementary
Nursery cum
Extend access to
women Welfare
schemes meant to
reduce dropout rate centres
and improve
retention, such as
mid day meal
schemes,
Outlay
20092010
Outlay
20112013
Outlay
20142016
Outlay
20172020
357.33
1301.03
1731.68
3231.69
education
Ensure
that
schools
are
equipped
with basic
facilities
Ensure
universal
access to
secondary
education
scholarship and
concessional fees
for students from
backgrounds and
girl students.
Provide hostels for
girls and students
Pre metric
scholarships to
the children of
those parents
engaged in an
unclean
occupation
32.48
118.25
157.403
293.74
Grant in aid to
Private Hostels state sector
20
72.82
96.923
180.87
Grant in aid to
private hostels District Sector
518.44
1887.64
2512.44
4688.76
GIA
hostelsf depressed
classes)
9170
33387.97 44439.38 82933.44
2891
10522.49
from SC/ST/OBC
communities
Residential
Create Model
Residential schools Schools
to ensure retention
of children
belonging to SC,
ST and Minority
families
14005.43 26137.14
Maintenance of
Residential
Schools
Achieve
universal
retention
1302.30 4741.67
6311.16
11777.99
Provide
Scholarships to
reimbursements of student
non-govt. and
examination fees to
girl students and
SC/ST students
458.64
1669.90
2222.64
4147.938
Provide financial
Scholarships to
SC meritorious
students.
5742
20906.62 27826.71 51930.62
Incentive to
meritorious SC
students (girls
only)
492.06
1791.59
assistance to
talented students
and students
who come from
low income
families and
perform well
academically
Life skills
Create Life Skills
units in schools
which can serve as
a nodal point for
imparting life skills
to children and
young adults
Conduct programs
to create awareness
in teachers about
problems faced by
2384.60
4450.18
children from
vulnerable sections
Impart training to
teachers to enhance
their capacity to
deal with the
problems faced by
such children
Inclusive Education
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
A major part of the sub-theme Children with e- Prevention, Protection, Mainstreaming and
Development in the previous SAP focused on education. Within education, the focus was on:
•
Providing access to educational institutions for children with disabilities, by making
institutions disabled friendly
•
Providing special education to children who have special needs
•
Providing access to vocational education
•
Decreasing discrimination in educational institutions and
•
Training educational personnel on inclusive education
Way forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards differently-abled children and the
strategies to achieve the same.
Objective: To create infrastructure to support the inclusion of children with special needs in
mainstream schools.
Strategy
Responsible department
Set up infrastructure in schools to facilitate access and greater
Department of Education,
mobility for children with disabilities.
Department of Panchayati
Raj
and
Rural
Development,
Municipalities,
Siksha
Sarva
Abhiyan,
Department
of
Transportation
For smaller habitations where opening/upgrading of a school is
Department of Education,
not possible, adequate arrangements for free transportation shall
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan,
be made
Department
of
Transportation
Ensure all newly constructed school buildings are equipped with
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
infrastructure that make them accessible to children with
disabilities
Ensure provision in school buildings and other facilities open to
Department Of Disabled
differently abled children signs in in Braille and in easy to read
Welfare
and understand forms.
Provide forms of live assistance and intermediaries, including
Department Of Disabled
guides, readers and professional sign language interpreters, to
Welfare
facilitate accessibility.
Ensure that trained special personnel are available to cater to the
Department of Education,
educational needs of children with disabilities, especially in the
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
case of children with severe disabilities
Provision of training for teachers focused on teaching to children
Department Of Education
with disabilities.
Objective: To provide training to get professional and resource support
Resource teachers (IERT) shall be provided who have been
trained in Inclusive Education
Department of Education,
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
• 5 lERTs shall be provided per block with 1:50
schools.
• Capacity building to deal with disabilities.
Annual training camps for teachers focused specifically on
Department Of Education
teaching to children with disabilities.
To include Inclusive Education in the different modules of the
Department of Education,
programmes atleast for 5 days at D.Ed / B.Ed level; and at
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
training programmes
One year training program for
teachers in schools catreing
Department of Education
specifically to children with special needs.
Objective: To ensure enrolment of children with special needs in mainstream as well as special
schools
Strategy
Responsible department
Ensure 0% rejection rate in schools for differently abled children
Department of Education,
under the Right To Education
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
For smaller habitations where opening/upgrading of a school is not
Department of Education,
possible, adequate arrangements for free transportation shall be
Sarva
made
Department
Siksha
Transportation
Abhiyan,
of
I
In respect of children with disabilities, which prevent them from
Department of Education,
accessing the neighbourhood school,
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
adequate and appropriate
arrangements for their education shall be made
Promotion of access for children with disabilities to new
Department Of Disabled
information and communications technologies and systems,
Welfare, Department Of
including the Internet;
Education
Maintain an effective teacher student ratio in the schools
Department Of Education
Arrange for home schooling and open schooling in cases of
Department of Education,
severe disability
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Dual
learning
options
should
be
provided
in
integrated
Department Of Education
classrooms, with extra tutorials, resource rooms for specialised
attention.
Distance learning should be provided through National Open
Department Of Education
University and through Websites and/or Television
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Objective: To impart quality education and increase retention ratio of children with disability.
Strategy
Responsible department
Siksha
Abhiyan,
High quality education shall be provided uniformly in all
Sarva
schools and to this end norms and standards shall be specified in
Department Of Education
respect of all activities involving quality
Siksha
Abhiyan,
The state shall define the learning outcomes of children at the
Sarva
end of each grade and for every subject and bring out textbooks,
Department Of Education
learning material and teacher training material based on these
outcomes.
Abhiyan,
Siksha
basic life-skills shall be imparted to children, through an age and
Sarva
disability appropriate syllabus, books and other learning
Department Of Education
materials
In order to ensure inclusive education in every school, the state
devise
a
continuous
system
of measurement of
I
shall
I
achievement for all classes, maintenance of portfolios for each
Sarva
Abhiyan,
Siksha
Department Of Education
child, devise remedial programmes and devise a system where
the school and teachers are made accountable for the low
performance of children
Objective: To ensure sensitisation of the community and government towards the needs of
differently abled children.
Strategy
Responsible department
Conduct Programmes to generate awareness in teachers and
Sarva
the community about issues concerning disability.
Department of Elementary
Siksha
Abhiyan,
,
Education
Conduct awareness campaigns to
sensitize government
officials so that they are aware of the needs and capabilities of
Department
Of
Disabled
Welfare
the children with disabilities and can be applied to asa
recourse in cases of discrimination
Introduction of Schemes that to promote recognition of the
skills and merits of children with disabilities, in the form of
scholarships and grants in aid
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Way forward: Timeline
2017-2020
2013-16
2011-2013
Overall goal
Development
Make
newly Ensure infrastructure in Ensure infrastructure in all
of
constructed
school all schools is disability schools
infrastructure
buildings and older friendly.
in
to
buildings barrier free facilities
support
of
through
inclusion
of
of
order
children with
special
needs
disability
is
Upgrade friendly.
Upgrade
reflect facilities
to
construction advances in technology
reflect
to
advances in technology
Provide
ramps.
specific
disability
assistance in forms of Annual training camps in
in mainstream
live
classrooms
other
assistance
and
for teachers to upgrade Annual training camps in
methods. their skills.
for teachers to upgrade
Provide the required
their skills.
appliances, and viable Ensure trained resource
provided
means of transport to personnel
at Ensure trained resource
children with special each school, for children personnel provided at each
with severe disabilities
needs.
training
Provide
school, for children with
to
severe disabilities
teachers to allow them
to be able to provide
specialised education
Ensure
Enrolment
• Ensure
zero
rejection
percent • Sustain
rate
of
children Under RTE
zero
rejection
percent • Sustain zero
rate
of
rejection
percent
rate
of
children
children.
• Adequate arrangements • Adequate arrangements • Adequate arrangements
for
open
home
schooling,
for
and
distance
open
home
schooling,
for
and
distance
open
home
schooling,
and
distance
I
shall
schooling
be
schooling
shall
evaluation
schools • Continuous evaluation • Continuous
• Specialised
be
provided
provided
provided
shall
schooling
be
of the
and updating of the
and
with severe disabilities
special
special facilities and the
shall be set at a district
the
level.
personnel
catering
children
to
facilities and
of
the
that
all
skills
updating
skills of the personnel
• Resource centres shall
be set up at a district
level to form a one stop
information portal for
schools on the subject
disability
of
management.
Improve
Quality
•
and
ensure
standards to
increase
retention
Develop norms and
quality of education
•
curricula
Develop
Ensure
that
Ensure
institutions keep to
institutions
these standards
these standards
Continuous
•
all
keep
to
Continuous monitoring
ensure
the
that
which caters to the
monitoring to ensure
to
needs
of
that the teachers and
teachers and school are
children
with
are
held
held accountable for
options,
accountable
for
performance
resource rooms and
performance
of
students
extra tutorials
students
learning
special
dual
school
•
Provision
of •
Constant monitoring
reimbursements
of
to
non-govt.
and
ensure
available
benefits
under
Constant monitoring to
ensure
benefits
available
under
incentive schemes are
examination fees, as
incentive schemes are
made
well as merit based
made
children.
scholarships
children.
to
available
to
of
available
to
children with special
needs
Capacity building of teachers
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The previous SAP did not have specific plans for capacity building among teachers. It did
recognize the need to train teachers and ensure that they have satisfactory work conditions (good
salaries for instance) in order to maintain quality in education. It recognized the importance of
teachers as a resource for imparting knowledge on and the realization of Child Rights. Keeping
this in mind, it was decided to integrate Child Rights within the curriculum of teacher training
(B.Ed and M.Ed courses). Further, it recognized the importance of equipping teachers for
inclusive education.
Way forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards teachers capacity building and the
strategies to achieve the same.
Objective: To ensure that the quality of education imparted to students is of a good standard
Strategy
Responsible department
Regularly monitor the quality of teaching in schools
SCERT,
Sarva
Siksha
Sarva
Siksha
Abhiyan
Conduct training programmes to familiarize teachers about
SCERT,
interesting pedagogic methods, such as activity based learning
Abhiyan
Reduce the non-teaching work load on teachers to enable them to
Department of Education,
invest time and effort on teaching
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Department of Education
Ensure that schools are supportive towards teachers and facilitate
the resolution of any problems/challenges they face
Objective: Ensure that teachers are capable of catering to children who might have special needs
or are unable to keep up with the regular pace in the classroom
Strategy
Responsible department
Conduct programmes to create awareness in teachers about
Department
problems faced by children from vulnerable sections- girl
Welfare,
children, children from SC/ST/OBC communities, children
Abhiyan, SCERT
of
social
Sarva
Siksha
with disabilities etc
Impart training to teachers to enhance their capacity to deal
Department
with problems faced by such children
Welfare,
of
social
Sarva
Siksha
Abhiyan, SCERT
Integrate a component on Inclusive Education in B.Ed and
Department
M.Ed courses
education
higher
of
and
technical
training
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Make provisions for remedial teaching in schools
Way forward: Timeline
Overall goal
2017-2020
2013-16
2011-2013
• Ensure continued access
• Universalise access to
high school education • Ensure
by bridging all gender
and
social
category
gaps.
access to high school
education
for
children.
• Universalise retention.
• Improve
continued
quality
to high school education
for all children.
all • Ensure all children are
retained in school.
• Ensure all children are • Constantly endeavour to
of
retained in school.
improve
quality
of
higher education
• Provide
life
education.
skills • Constantly
endeavour • Provide life skills related
related education to all
to improve quality of
children.
education.
life
• Provide
education to all children.
skills
related education to all
children.
Easy access to Upgrade primary schools Ensure
schools
upgraded Monitor the availability of
the
to high schools. In case schools are functioning schooling facilities in all
students have to travel effectively, and delivery districts, and continue to
long distances, provide of
services
such
schooling
as ensure
is
means of transport such provision of bicycles is physically accessible for
all children.
effective.
as bicycles.
clean
drinking
Ensure
clean
drinking Ensure
clean
drinking
Strengthen
Ensure
infrastructure
water, toilets and barrier water, toilets and barrier water, toilets and barrier
free environments in all free environments in all
free environments in all
schools. Provide hostels schools. Ensure proper schools.
Ensure
proper
maintenance of hostels maintenance of hostels for
to girl students.
for girl students.
girl students.
monitoring
to
Incentive
Minimize expenditure on Constant monitoring to Constant
schemes
education by providing ensure benefits available ensure benefits available
free
uniforms
and under incentive schemes under incentive schemes
notebooks, and providing are made available to are
reimbursements of non children.
govt.
and
examination
fees to girl students and
SC/ST students.
made
children.
available
to
financial Monitor effectively
Financial
Provide
assistance
assistance in the form of ensure
children
to
Monitor
come
from
income
families.
children
who
to
are ensure children are aware
scholarships to children aware of, and avail the of,
who
effectively
avail
and
the
low scholarships available to scholarships available to
and them.
them.
perform
well academically
Quality
Strengthen
improvement
training
teacher Ensure all teachers meet Ensure all teachers meet
programs
to
the required standards of the required standards of
introduce teachers to new quality. Continue with quality. Continue with the
methods the training sessions, to training sessions, to ensure
pedagogical
constant constant improvement.
such as activity based ensure
Increase mid improvement.
learning.
level training programs.
teachers
Ensure
are
supportive
provided
environments in schools.
teachers
are Ensure
the
that
Ensure that the sensitivity
Sensitized
Ensure
environment
sensitized to special needs sensitivity of teachers is of teachers is maintained,
from maintained.
children
of
vulnerable
backgrounds. schools.
through provided
children
awareness
Also
all
in all schools. Also ensure
ensure vulnerable
abled vulnerable children are provided
differently
and
in
programs.
Make
provisions
for
remedial
teaching
for
a
children
a
are
sensitized
sensitized environment in schools.
environment in schools.
these children.
Life skills
o
Create and maintain life skill units in schools to provide training to
adolescents in life skills.
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Conduct awareness programs on challenges specific to adolescentseducational, nutritional, economic and sexual.
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Child trafficking
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The 2003-10 SPAC highlighted the lack of data on the number of children in trafficking
incidents and in difficult circumstances and the non-availability of replicable models of
protection and rehabilitation as major problems besetting efforts to control child trafficking. The
plan focussed on developing effective legislations and programmes that would protect children
subjected to trafficking and ensure that they are taken care of properly and are given enough
opportunity for development and overall growth. It also aimed at implementing a comprehensive
strategy for the prevention, rescue, rehabilitation and repatriation of children who have been
trafficked or have undergone any kind of exploitation. By 2007, the plan aimed at ensuring that
all children in difficult circumstances were protected by comprehensive policies and
programmes.
CWC’s that handle a range of cases including trafficking have been put into place in all 27
districts of Karnataka. JJ Boards, which have been constituted with the intention of reaching out
to children in conflict with the law have been set up. 8 JJ boards ere in existence as of 2006 and
the state intends to set up 21 new J J boards to cover 100% of the districts.
The state also intends to set up 7 new Observational Homes.
Going forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards the issue of child-trafficking and
the strategies to achieve the same.
Objective: Prevent the occurrence of trafficking
Strategy
Responsible department
Activate anti-trafficking committees constituted at district, taluk
DWCD,
Police,
RDPR,
and gram panchayat level to monitor the implementation of the
ULB
Action Plan on trafficking
Map vulnerable communities and source and destination areas in
DWCD. Police
the state, in coordination with NGO's
Work along with local community bodies such as youth and
women’s
groups,
corporations,
educational
institutions,
municipalities, panchayat leaders etc to generate awareness about
DWCD,
Rural
Department
of
Development and
Panchayati Raj
child trafficking
Strictly enforce the compulsory registration of marriages as per
DWCD.
the provisions of the Karnataka Marriage Act, 1976
Revenue,
Department
Municipalities,
of
Police,
Inspector
General of Stamps and
Revenue
Sensitize specific groups of people who deal with or come in
SCERT, NIPCED, Police
contact with children to be sensitive and alert to problems/needs
Training academy, ATI,
of children, like police personnel, teachers, anganwadi workers,
Mysore, DWCD
railway and road transportation authorities and staff of all
children’s care institutions.
Set up norms and minimum standards in hostels and all child care
DWCD
institutions. These norms are also to be applicable to child care
institutions falling under the purvey of the Social Welfare Dept,
Minorities Commission and any other Departments.
Set up norms and child protection standards in the hospitality and
DWCD
tourism industry to ensure tourism does not promote child
exploitation
* These norms will be implemented by the tourism department and Police
Prioritize vulnerable communities for development programs
DWCD, RDPR
Objective: Ensure fast and effective rescue of children who have been trafficked
Strategy
Responsible department
Establish and functionalize the anti-trafficking cell at CID
Police
Develop standardized protocols for raid and rescue operations in
DWCD
consultation with Police and NGO's
Make it mandatory to register complaints and create a central data
Police
base on missing children
* SHG's and Youth groups can be asked to volunteer information
Network with key departments in raid and rescue operations
Police
Promote inter-district and inter-state cooperation in rescue and
Police
rehabilitation
Organize community outreach programmes as per SO920 on the
DWCD.
issue relating to trafficking emphasizing area specific issues
Department
Police,
of
Rural
and
Development
Panchayati raj, Railways,
KSRTC, Municipalities
Undertake joint review and monitoring of cases at unit level
SCP.s and DCP's
Focus on capacity building of active players in rescue and
DWCD,
rehabilitation- law enforcement personnel, police, members of
Police Training Academy,
Child
Welfare committees and JJ
boards, customs and
immigration officials, public prosecutors and judges and other
Police,
ATI,
NIPCED, Karnataka
Judicial Academy, SJPU
officials and NGO's on the issue
Objective: Ensure legal action is taken against offenders
Strategy
Responsible department
Train police personnel especially those at the CCB and DCIB on
Police
the issue of trafficking and related laws with special focus on the
department
Training
Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act
Generate awareness on process and procedures to be followed
Police, DWCD , NIPCED
when handling cases of children who have been trafficked
Direct local officers nominated to the anti trafficking vigilance
District
committees to participate actively
CEO, of ZPs office
Make provisions for video or in-camera recording of child
Police, Judiciary
Collectors
and
survivor’s statement to support prosecution and minimize victim
trauma
* NGO's can be requested to provide counsellors
Provide a witness protection system that will operate during
Police, SJPU
preliminary investigation, trial and post trial periods to protect
witnesses from inducements and threats
Child pornography
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The earlier SAP did not have a separate section on Child Pornography and instead tackled
this issue under the sub-theme Sexual Abuse and Exploitation. Within this sub-theme,
child pornography featured as one of the manifestations of the sexual abuse and
exploitation of children. The only specific strategy outlined to tackle child pornography
(and related concerns such as trafficking of children on the internet) was taking necessary
measures to combat the criminal use of information technology.
Going forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards the issue of child-trafficking and
the strategies to achieve the same.
Objective: Create legal and technical safeguards against child pornography
Strategy
Responsible department
Generate awareness amongst parents and caretakers, in schools
Department of Education,
and cybercafes about laws which deal with child pornography,
SCERT, Police
such as the Information Technology Bill
Create a coalition between internet service providers (ISPs) and
Police
Cyber Crime Cells to monitor occurrences of production or
consumption of child pornography and ensure that effective
action is taken against the perpetrators
Team up with ISPs, NGOs working with technology and the
Police
private sector to conduct workshops for educators and parents
about creating a safe online environment for children
Objective: Ensure legal action is taken against perpetrators of child pornography
Strategy
Responsible department
Ensure that Cyber Crime Cells pay special attention to child
Police
pornography
Train police personnel to respond effectively to complaints about
Police
child pornography by ensuring proper legal procedures are
followed while dealing with such complaints
Ensure online and offline tracking of perpetrators
Police
Objective: Ensure children who have been affected by child pornography are given care and
support
Strategy
Responsible department
Sensitize legal institutions about dealing with children who have
Police
been victims of child pornography
Ensure a child friendly atmosphere in police stations and courts
Police, Department of Law
Affairs
Provide access to psychologists and counsellors either at school
Police,
or through police stations for children
Education (CPI)
Set up systems, especially in schools, for providing long term
CPI
Department
of
support for children to deal with the trauma
Child Marriage
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The earlier SAP considered the problem of child marriages under two sub-themes: Sexual
Abuse and Exploitation and Girl Child (cross-cutting theme). In both these sections, the
plan recognized the problems caused by the prevalence of child marriages. These range
from adverse effects on the children to exploitation of children as child marriage serves
as a pretext for free sexual and domestic labour. There measures prescribed to tackle the
problem were ensuring all marriages are registered and taking preventive and punitive
action to ensure that girls marry either when they are 18 years or older.
Going forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards the issue of child-marriage and the
strategies to achieve the same.
Objective: Generate awareness about the consequences of child marriage and processes and
procedures to be followed when handling cases of child marriage
Strategy
Responsible department
Use folk media and electronic and print media to generate
DWCD,
awareness about the adverse effects of child marriage on the
Rural
Department
of
Development and
children’s health and normal development
Raj,
Panchayati
Municipalities
in
coordination with NGO's
and the Department Of
Health.
Ensure that communities are made aware of the law against child
DWCD,
marriages
Samakhya, District Legal
Mahila
Services and Authorities
Work with communities where there is a high prevalence of child
DWCD,
marriages to change societal attitudes about girl children
Samakhya,
Mahila
Self
Help
Groups, and Department
Of Education
Train police officers and officials of Registrar of Marriages to
Police, DWCD. Revenue
effectively and quickly respond to cases of child marriage
Department
Conduct awareness programs to educate the Police in dealing
Police
with the victims of child marriage in ways that restricts the
trauma to a minimum
Ensure that communities, educators, anganwadi workers etc are
SCERT, NIPCED, DWCD
aware of the procedures to be followed when they come across
through Anganwadi
instances of child marriage (how to report, whom to report to,
Training Centers
NGOs or people within the community and in the police they can
seek help from etc)
Objective: Take cognizance of an occurrence of child marriage- either as an individual case or
as part of mass marriage
Strategy
Responsible department
Direct Child Welfare Officers at the police stations to coordinate
DWCD, Police, CMPO
with ‘Child Marriage Prohibition Officers’ as per the Prohibition
of Child Marriage Act 2006. to take steps to prevent child
marriage
Direct Station House Officers to take suo moto action in instances
Police
of child marriages during mass marriages or individual marriage
and lodge FIRs against the contracting parties/person or persons
involved
Scrutinize
documents
and
registers
maintained
by
Revenue
Department,
institutions/individuals organising mass marriages to prevent
DWCD, CDP. Department
cases of child marriages
Of Health
Get DWCD and local NGOs to prevent incidents of child
DWCD. NGO's
marriage and propose legal action where necessary
Ensure adequate follow up of a case by the Child Welfare
DWCD, CWC or CWO,
Officers until those convicted of conducting and agreeing to child
CMPO, DWCD, RDPR
marriages are punished according to law
Child Labour
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The previous SAP focused on eliminating all forms of child labour and ensuring all
children rescued from child labour had access to proper education and rehabilitation
facilities. The Plan also decided to withdraw the distinction between hazardous and non-
hazardous labour by deeming all labour which interferes with the education and physical
and psychological development of a child as child labour.
Going forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards the issue of child labour and the
strategies to achieve the same.
Objective: Prevent the incidence of child labour by focusing on the family with intensive
awareness and capacity building measures
Strategy
Responsible department
Generate awareness about the adverse effects of child labour on
Department of Labour
the development of the child and highlight the importance of
education for a child’s growth and career prospects in the future
Ensure skill development, income generation and livelihood
Department of Labour and
opportunities for the child labour affected families (with a thrust
Employment,
to female-headed households) for facilitating augmentation of
Department
family income especially for mothers, elder siblings and released
Welfare, Department for
child labourers in adolescent age group (15 to 18 years).
Rural
DWCD,
of
Social
Development and
Pane hay ati Ra j
Develop adequate creche facilities for working mothers belonging
DWCD,
to BPL families to ensure older siblings are not made to stay back
Labour
Department
of
department
of
from school to look after younger siblings
Ensure benefits of government programmes for BPL families,
DWCD,
SC/ST families etc reach families affected by child labour on a
Social Welfare
priority basis
Objective: To ensure that every child, in the age group 6-14 years, already in child labour is
released and provided a viable and sustainable alternative.
Strategy
Responsible department
Maintain a database of complaints about child labour and ensure
Department of Labour
every case is recorded in the database. Map the extent of the
problem including number of children employed, kinds of
occupations they are employed in, any specific regions where the
problem is widely prevalent etc
Ensure an effective tracking and monitoring mechanism that
Department of Labour
monitors children who have been rescued from child labour
Ensure effective legal action is taken against employers who
Department of Labour
violate laws against child labour
Focus on providing educational opportunities and pre-vocational
NCLP,
education training to children who have been rescued from child
Commissionarate
labour
Employment and Training
Provide vocational training to older siblings and ensure parents in
Commissionarate
BPL families have access to employment opportunities
Employment and Training
Ensure children who have been released from employment and do
DWCD
CPI,
of
of
not have caretakers are sent to child care homes which are
equipped to provide for the development and successful
rehabilitation of these children
Conduct regular checks of establishments which have a history of
Department of Labour
employing children, especially in fields where child labour is
rampant; Ensure that legal action is taken against establishments
found flouting the law banning child labour
Objective: To provide an opportunity to every child, in the age group 6-14 years to access free,
compulsory, equitable and quality education.
Strategy
Responsible department
Run bridge schools for children who had dropped out of
CPI, NCLP. SCLP
mainstream education to become child labourers
Ensure children in government and aided schools get benefits
CPI, SSA
such as mid-day meals, free books and uniforms for girl children
and children from BPL families, SC/ST communities
Impart vocational training to older children who have been out of
Commissionarate
of
school
Employment and Training
Ensure children of migrant labourers and children whose parents
CPI. SSA
work in occupations such as tanning, scavenging etc are given
priority access to education
Provide incentives for school children based on their attendance,
CPI. SSA
such as fee concessions for children with over 90% attendance
Ensure School Development Monitoring Committees monitor the
Department
attendance of students and take the initiative to talk to the parents
Development
and the community if a child is found to be repeatedly absent
Panchayati Raj, SSA
Rural
of
and
from school
Ensure children of migrant workers have access to education,
Department
either by enrolling them in the nearest school or through tent and
Development
mobile schools
Panchayati
Rural
of
and
SSA,
Raj,
Municipalities
Objective:
Create community awareness and movement so as to ensure that no child is
employed.
Strategy
Responsible department
Sensitize the community as a whole to the adverse effects of child
Department of Labour
labour
Ensure problems within the community, such as lack of access to
Department
of
Labour,
employment opportunities for parents, financial insecurities
Department
of
Rural
caused by poverty etc are addressed adequately
development
and
Panchayati Raj, ULB
Make the community central to planning programmes at the local
Department
of
Labour,
level to prevent child labour and in rehabilitation programmes for
Department
of
Rural
rescued child labourers
development
and
Panchayati Raj, ULB
Child Abuse
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
The previous SAP in its section on Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of children recognized
the various forms of abuse that children face. These include being forced into prostitution
because of the Devdasi system and because of child trafficking, facing sexual abuse from
parents, relatives, neighbours, caregivers and others, being exploited through child
pornography, child sexual tourism etc. The Plan aimed at protecting all children from all
such forms of sexual exploitation by developing inter-district and inter-state networks
and involving local self-governments and community groups.
Going forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards the issue of child abuse and the
strategies to achieve the same.
Objective: To prevent the occurrence of child abuse and exploitation
Strategy
Responsible department
Undertake a state wide information gathering to map the
DWCD, Child Helpline,
occurrence of child abuse and exploitation and analyse manner of
CWC, NGO's
occurrence of child abuse, vulnerable groups of children and any
indicators about the causes of such abuse
Ensure that these results feed into a comprehensive programme
DWCD
that works with children in their specific socio-economic and
geographic settings to prevent the occurrence of child abuse
Sensitize caregivers, student and youth groups to child abuse and
familiarize them with legal mechanisms available for redressing
DWCD
of any instances of abuse
Constitute committees within schools which children can
DWCD, Department Of
approach with any complaints of abuse and ensure that the
Education
purpose of these committees is known to children and caretakers
Ensure all police stations have child protection units
Police
Create awareness on the issue of child abuse at district, taluk and
RDPR, DWCD
gram panchayat level
Objective: Ensure effective mechanisms are available to redress child abuse
Strategy
Responsible department
Ensure that CWO's are trained to adopt a child sensitive approach
Police, SJPU
while dealing with cases of child abuse
Work with legal organizations and NGOs to ensure caregivers
DWCD,
and children are aware of what constitutes child abuse and where
Services Authorities
District
Legal
redressal for the same can be sought
Involve various departments such as Department of Women and
DWCD
Child, Health Department, Education Department, Police etc in
developing a comprehensive system of rescuing and rehabilitation
of children who face abuse and exploitation
Take strict legal action against perpetrators of child abuse
Police, Judiciary
Establish adequate number of half-way homes with counselling
DWCD, NGO's
and rehabilitation facilities to the victims of child sexual abuse
and child prostitution
Creation of awareness among children so that they are able to Childline, CWC, CRC and
communicate to the proper authorities about the abuse they may
face, whether on the domestic front, or in their educational
institutions
through
School
Development
monitoring
PCR, Bal Vikas Academy
Committees, Child Rights Clubs etc
Rehabilitation and Care
Recap of the 2003-10 SPAC
In the earlier SAP, rehabilitation and care formed an integral part of the theme; Protecting
(Children) against Neglect, Abuse, Exploitation and Violence. Though there was recognition
of the importance of providing proper rehabilitation facilities for children who needed them
(such as children rescued from trafficking or from child labour), there were no specific goals
that related to rehabilitation and care. However currently, specialized adoption agencies are
functioning in 24 Districts (3 Government and 27 NGOs), NGO run Shelter Homes are
functioning in 6 Districts , In addition, 56 Children Homes have been set up by the Govt for
Care and Protection of Children, 16 Observation Homes have been set up by the Govt for
Children in conflict with law. Out of sixteen, 4 Observation Homes are also recognized as
Special Homes for rehabilitation of children in conflict with Law.
Going forward: Strategies
Following are the state government’s key objectives towards rehabilitation and care and the
strategies to achieve the same.
Objective: Ensure that JJ homes and child care homes work towards the holistic development of
children in their care
Strategy
Responsible department
Assign clear timelines on how long the child should be at these
DWCD
homes and record experiences to ensure that there are no cases
where the child is a part of the home and has been forgotten
Ensure that all homes have in house counsellors who work
DWCD
towards the psychological well being of the child
Provide access to education for all the children in these homes,
CPI.
till the age of 18
Commissionarate
SSA,
of
Employment and Training
Ensure the child has access to further educational opportunities or
DWCD,
CPI,
SSA,
to vocational training after completing school education
Commissionarate
of
Employment and Training
Ensure that all children undergo a thorough health check up when
DWCD
they are first brought to these homes and provide access to health
care services as required
Conduct periodic medical checkups and maintain a medical
Department
record for all children
DWCD
Provide access to Life Skills education and extracurricular
DWCD. NIPCED
of
health.
activities to ensure that these children do not become repeat
offenders and are not permanently scarred due to their personal
experiences
Ensure that the personnel in these homes are adequately trained
DWCD
and have the necessary language and cultural skills to deal with
children who come from other states and other countries
Sensitize the personnel to the challenges faced by children who
DWCD
have undergo traumatic experiences (psychological, inter
personal skills, educational etc) and ensure the personnel are
capable of addressing these challenges
Objective: Streamline the functioning of the care homes
Strategy
Responsible department
Ensure that guidelines about the kind of care to be provided to
DWCD
children who come to the homes for varying periods of time
(temporary stay, stay for 5-6 months, or staying for an indefinite
period of time) are properly followed
Ensure that an external agency regularly monitors the functioning
DWCD
of these homes to inspect the quality of care
Ensure that children in these homes have direct access to the
DWCD
external monitoring agency, so that any complaints of neglect or
abuse within the homes are brought to notice and dealt with
adequately
Undertake regular checks of privately run homes to ensure they
DWCD
follow basic guidelines on providing rehabilitation and care to
children
Ensure the government has records of all the children in privately
DWCD
run homes so that necessary benefits can be provided to the
children and their development can be monitored
Ensure the personnel in these homes involve the local
DWCD
community, so that the child transitions into the society
seamlessly and to ensure that they have the required local context
to understand the situation of the child
Going forward: Timeline
2011-2013
2013-16
2017-2020
Overall goal
• Put an end to child • Ensure
trafficking
trafficking
• Ensure
effective
that
occur.
rescue
of
sustained effort.
technical
not
does
trafficking
occur, through sustained
children
in
are
children
• Ensure
in
are
rehabilitation
provided adequate care
provided adequate care
and support.
and support.
child • Implement
the • Implement
and
safeguards
against
child
that
effort.
rehabilitation
legal
not
through
and
children who have been • Ensure
• Create
does
fast
trafficked.
child • Ensure
safeguards
pornography.
• Ensure child labour is
created
against
child
the
created
safeguards
against
child
stopped completely, and
pornography, to ensure
pornography, to ensure
former child labourers
cases do not occur.
cases do not occur.
are enrolled in schools.
• Monitor effectively to • Monitor effectively to
• Completely stop child
marriages in the state,
targeted
through
ensure the practice of
ensure the practice of
not
child labour is not found
labour
child
is
found in the state.
in the state.
interventions in areas of • Monitor effectively to • Monitor effectively to
high prevalence.
Stop
ensure no stray cases of
ensure no stray cases of
child marriage occur.
child marriage occur.
child Release every child in the Ensure all children in the Monitor
labour
the
situation
age group of 6-14 who is age group of 6- 14 are in effectively to ensure no
presently a labourer, and school, and stop child child
provide
viable labour
alternatives to the family.
completely
is
denied
an
effectively
to
by education.
adopting a family based
approach.
Prevention
Prevent
and
children through effective ensure no stray cases of ensure no stray cases of
rehabilitation
enforcement
trafficking
of
of Monitor effectively to
legal trafficking are registered
Monitor
trafficking are registered
of victims of provisions.
trafficking
offenders
Ensure Continue
are
punished rescued
track Continue to track rescued
to
children.
to children, to ensure they
adequate ensure they are provided are provided adequate care
Provide
rehabilitation and support adequate
care
and and protection. .
to children rescued from protection. .
trafficking.
awareness Monitor
Prevent child Conduct
marriages
closely
programs in areas where continue
and Monitor
awareness continue
closely
and
awareness
high incidence of child programs, particularly in programs, particularly in
marriage
prevails,
to high prevalence areas, to high prevalence areas, to
improve attitudes towards ensure stray
cases of ensure stray cases of child
the girl child. Implement child marriage do not marriage do not occur.
legal stipulations about occur.
child marriage strictly, to
stop
child
completely.
marriage
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Annexure
1:
List of documents consulted for developing the SPAC 2011-20
1. Action Plan for the Elimination of Child Labour in Karnataka: 2010-2017
2. Action Plan to Combat Trafficking of Women and Children in Karnataka, 2007
Annual Report, Department of Births and Deaths Registration, 2006-2007
4. Annual Report, Department of Women and Child Development, 2009-2010
5. Annual Report, Sarva Shiksha Abhyan, 2008-2009
6. Annual Report, Welfare Department, 2009-2010
7. Ensuring Child Well-being- Andhra Pradesh State Plan of Action for Children, 2007-
2010
8. Karnataka State Plan of Action for Children: 2003-2010
9. Karnataka State Strategic Statistical Plan (KSSSP), Directorate of Economics and
Statistics, 2009
10. Performance Budget, Education Department 2009-2010
11. Revised Scheme for Street Children: An Integrated Programme for Street Children,
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (year)
12. Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2004-06, Sample Registration System,
Office of Registrar General, India, 2009
13. State Level Workshop on Universalization of ICDS with Quality: Report, 2009
14. Ujjawala: A Comprehensive Scheme for Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue,
Rehabilitation and Re-integration of Victims of Trafficking for Commercial Sexual
Exploitation, Ministry of Women and Child Development, GOI, 2007
Annexure
2
List of persons and departments consulted for developing the
SPAC: 2011-2010
Bangalore District Administration (Assistant Collector, Bangalore South and Anekal)
Chief Health Officer, Bruhut Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
Welfare Commissioner, Bruhut Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
Additional Commissioner, Bruhut Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
District Education Officer, Bangalore District
Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore District
Department of Births and Deaths Registration
State Health Resource Centre
Department of Health
Department of Labour- Karnataka State Resource Centre on Child Labour
Training Cell, Department of Police
Commissionarate of Public Instruction
o Sarva Shiksha Abhyan (SSA)
Department of Social Welfare
Department of Women and Child Development
Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
Annexure
List of NGOs consulted for developing First Draft of SPAC
Akshara Foundation
Akshaya Patra
Ananya
Concerned for Working Children (CWC)
Dream A Dream
Equitable Tourism Options (EQUATIONS)
Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT)
Kilikili
Makkala Jagriti
Unnati
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