TNPSC Thervupettagam

Justice Chandru Committee guidelines

June 21 , 2024 156 days 870 0
  • The one-man committee headed by retired High Court judge K Chandru, to frame guidelines to avoid violence based on caste and community among college and school students, submitted its report.
  • It recommended to prohibiting forehead markings, coloured wristbands and other caste markers used by the students, and forming the Social Justice Students Force (SJSF).
  • The Caste prefixes should be removed from the names of schools, and the schools must be called ‘government schools’ along with their location.
  • Further, any caste prefix or suffix associated with the government schools that indicate either the donor or their family should also be removed.
  • The students’ attendance register should not contain any column or details relating to their caste.
  • The State government must also take steps to amend the existing Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975.
  • The panel has also recommended enhancing local bodies’ control over primary education.
  • The attitude towards social justice issues must be ascertained and taken into account before the recruitment of teachers by the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB).
  • Guidelines must be issued concerning the non-posting of persons belonging to the dominant caste of that area in the head of institution post.

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