GUWAHATI, Aug 25 � The Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) is going to focus on awareness campaigns in the interior and remote areas of the State to stop every form of abuse against the child.
In the backdrop of reports of child rights violation pouring in largely from the rural areas of the State, the Commission, in collaboration with local clubs and non-governmental organisations, will create awareness about child rights and the need to give the child an ambience to grow up a better citizen.
On August 24, the Commission, in association with Zenith Club of Thomna in Baksa district, organised an awareness meeting on child rights protection. Attended by thousands of children, their parents, teachers and prominent people of Thomna area, the meeting dwelt on several aspects of child rights violation.�
Speaking at the awareness meeting, ASCPCR Chairperson Runumi Gogoi called on the villagers to ensure that their children get education, as children�s right to free and compulsory education has been made into a statute under the Right to Education Act, 2009.
Expressing concern over reports of child trafficking from Baksa district, she urged the villagers to keep a strict vigil so that no child falls into the hands of human traffickers. She referred to the recent rescue of 25 children of Baksa in Golakganj and said such child trafficking was impossible without the involvement of family members and villagers. She called for greater social awareness to root out the menace of child trafficking.
Also advocating change in one�s mindset, she said parents should send their children to schools instead of making them work in various commercial establishments and at homes away from their villages.
