Volume 10 : Issue 10.3 (2023)

Violation of Child Rights: Diagnosis and Remediation

Children are supremely important national asset. No nation on this globe can ignore the responsibility to ensure the proper growth and development of children as the future of the country lies within them. Respect of the rights of all individuals in the society is the foundation of liberty, justice, development and peace in the world. But present status of children shows that their rights are not being observed up to full extent. We have already seen that rights are violated not only of those children who are poor, street children, orphan, disabled, illegitimate etc in society/community at large but also in home, neighborhood and school too. Children, whose basic needs and fundamental rights are denied, cannot be expected to mature into caring, productive adults, who will respect the rights of others. Violation of rights is not only the cause of personal sufferings; they also sow the seeds for political and social unrest and violent conflict which in turn disturbs the harmony of society. It is essential to empower children by making them aware about their rights. They are legally entitled to protect themselves from any kind of degraded treatment and injustice. Educating them about Rights of Children surely help them in understanding their rights and in dealing with the situation positively, especially with parents/elders at home. Also, researches conducted all over revealed that violation of rights of children in family, classroom and society is regular and everyday phenomenon. The studies of Whistler (2006) and Study on Child Abuse (2007) advocated that more researches should be conducted in the area of child rights. Also, the study conducted by Desai (2007) found that computer enabled educational program was effective in bringing about awareness on child rights among student-teachers. There is a dire need to create research-cum-knowledge base vis-à-vis solving field level problems of rights of children. This area has been untouched by the researcher in the field of education, while it requires due focus. Also, present scenario, problems, and issues made it imperative to intervene in this area. The present paper discusses about identification of cases whose rights have been violated, their proper diagnosis and remediation. Thus, actual field level interventions are described here.

Child Rights, Right to Education, Diagnosis, Remediation

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