Mangalore: An order has been issued by the Dy. Director of Public Instruction(DDPI-Education) Moses Rajshekhar (Friday,July 29), prohibiting students and children in schools(primary and higher secondary) from doing any menial/manual jobs like sweeping, cleaning, and running on errands for teachers etc by the concerned school administration in the DK district, and this had come to the notice of the department, an order stated.
Under the Rights of Children Act of 2009 under Rule 17, no child should be subjected to Physical punishment or mental harassment, and those who perpetrate such actions shall be subjected to necessary disciplinary action forthwith, it is clearly stated, the order said.
So hereafter, in no school, Govt.run, or financed, or not under grants, students should be employed for small Jobs. In case of complaints, the administration and headmaster will be held responsible, and disciplinary step will be taken, said a circular sent to all schools in DK.