Using children below 18 years for election work prohibited, violators will be booked: DK DC
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Ravikumar on Tuesday clarified that using children below 18 years for election campaigning or any other election-related work is prohibited, he added that violators will be tried under the law.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, the Deputy Commissioner added that the UN and the Central Government consider anyone aged below 18 years as a child and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has instructed against the use of children for election-related work.
He said the violators will be tried under the law and will be booked under the relevant sections Child Labour (Prohibition And Regulation) Act, 1986.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
