Maha To Install CCTV Cameras In Govt Schools To Prevent Sexual Harassment
She also told the House that there are over 65,000 government schools in the state and over 1,000 of them already have functional CCTV cameras
Mumbai: Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said that the state government will install CCTV cameras in government schools from the forthcoming academic year to prevent sexual harassment incidents.
“In the coming academic year, Maharashtra government will try to install CCTV cameras in all government schools of the state to prevent the incidents of sexual harassment of girls,” Gaikwad said in a reply to a question raised by several Opposition MLAs in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly about safety and security of girls in schools.
She also told the House that there are over 65,000 government schools in the state and over 1,000 of them already have functional CCTV cameras.
The state minister said, “We have taken a policy decision to install cameras in the rest of the government schools in the coming academic year, the work of which has already started.
In April 2016, a government order was issued to install CCTV cameras in all private schools. On this, the Minister of State assured that the government would ensure compliance with the instructions. Gaikwad also assured that CCTV cameras will be installed in schools on a priority basis.
“First the schools with a larger number of students will get CCTV cameras. Then, we will move towards schools with a lesser number of students. However, we will try to install cameras in all schools by the next academic year,” she said
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