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School rapes: Government clueless

The chief minister summoned Mr Reddi midway around 7 pm to attend the discussion

Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's two hour long crisis meet on Friday, with top police and education department officials, a day after the rape of a six-year-old school girl in Cambridge School, Indiranagar came to light the fourth in as many months proffered a number of solutions;

But none that calmed the fears of panicked parents over the sudden spurt of sexual attacks on their hapless children. The chief minister suggested setting up of fast-track courts, amending the Education Act and State Police Act and forcing top private schools to allow periodic inspections by Department of Public Instruction officials.

The one suggestion that could safeguard school students was the stationing of police near school campuses.

In the face of growing anger in the city Siddaramaiah, after suggesting earlier in the day that the security of children was the responsibility of school managements as the Cambridge School incident occurred on the premises of the school, quickly backtracked.

By evening he changed his stance to say that both the state government and school managements were responsible for violence against children.

“In all cases of sexual assault, we have registered criminal cases against school managements. How can schools employ such staff,” he asked, referring to Hindi teacher at Cambridge School, Jaishankar who has been arrested for the crime after he confessed.

At the meeting were: Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kimmane Rathnakar, Chief Secretary Kaushik Mukherjee, City Police Commissioner M.N. Reddi, Principal Secretary (Department of

Primary and Secondary Education) Rajkumar Khatri and senior officials from the Department of Public Instruction attended the meeting. The chief minister summoned Mr Reddi midway, around 7 pm, to attend the discussion.

( Source : dc correspondent )
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