Kerala to include POCSO Act awareness in school curriculum: SCERT tells Kerala High Court

The Court was considering a case that it had kept open to assess and rectify the specific issue of cases being filed against teenagers for unwittingly committing a crime punishable under the POCSO Act.

POCSO Act and Kerala High Court

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14 Aug 2023, 7:31 am

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The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has informed the Kerala High Court that awareness of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) would be made part of the school curriculum from the next academic year onwards. [Anoop v State of Kerala & Ors.]

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Kerala High Court

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act

Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act

Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas

POCSO awareness