DSEJ to organize Mother Specific PTM on POCSO ACT on 26th November 2020.

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DSEJ to organize Mother Specific PTM on POCSO ACT on 26th November 2020.

Jammu: Directorate of School Education Jammu through its Counseling Cell is organizing a mega event – Mother Centric Parent Teacher Meet (PTM) on 26th November as part of a month long awareness campaign on POCSO ACT (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) to curb the menace of Child sexual abuse.

Ms. Anuradha Gupta, Director School Education Jammu took a review meeting, attended by the members of the Psychological Task Force, District Nodal Officer and District Counseling Coordinators amongst another stake holders, to analyse the progress of the same on 23rd of November, 2020.

While addressing the participants, she exhorted every one to put their best foot forward and make this mega event a success by reaching out (online/offline) to every parent and child, specially mothers and sensitize them about child sexual abuse and how POCSO Act can prove handy in safeguarding the privicy, liberty and personal safety of the young ones. She further added that the society has a big role to play if such initiatives are to bear fruit. She said that it was imperative to make parents especially mothers aware of the magnitude of this problem because children are many a time reluctant to share such problems with their parents. This often leads to perpetration of child sexual offenses. This PTM is aimed at making the mothers aware of such issues, to help them observe signs of such offenses, if any and to take timely appropriate action to protect their children from any possible offense.

Sh. Romesh Sharma, Head Counseling Cell DSEJ emphasized on the need to bring taboo topics like child sexual abuse on public platforms so as to create an awareness around the issue and to eliminate the menace. He divulged that due to COVID-19 children have become more vulnerable to sexual abuse and remedial mechanisms need to be devised.

Dr. Surinder Sharma conducted the proceedings of the meeting whereas Ms. Preeti Sharma presented the formal vote of thanks.

It is pertinent to mention here that PTM is a regular feature introduced by DSEJ for the last two years which is held on 26th of each month. The Counseling Cell of the DSEJ is organizing a special digital Parent Teacher Meet for Mothers on 26th of November 2020 to create awareness about POCSO Act.