Child rights commission sets guidelines for schools for transport of students in Maharashtra

Thane: The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Thursday issued guidelines to schools for the transport of school students in the state, citing rising cases of harassment during their commute between home and school.

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All school buses should have functional GPS and CCTV cameras and a well-trained female attendant and the school management can’t absolve themselves of children's safety and well-being during excursions on the grounds of outsourcing it, MSCPCR chairperson Susieben Shah said in a release.

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The commission also referred to the alleged molestation of girl students on an outsourced bus during a Thane school excursion to Ghatkopar.

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