National Commission for Protection of Child Rights-The Hindu-04-11-2022

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights-The Hindu-04-11-2022
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Issues Related to Children

Education


in background :

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

NCPCR is a statutory body set up in March 2007 under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005.

It is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Women & Child Development.

The Commission's mandate is to ensure that all laws, policies, programmes, and administrative mechanisms are in consonance with the child rights perspective as enshrined in the Constitution of India and also the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

It inquires into complaints relating to child's right to free and compulsory education under the Right to Education Act, 2009.

It monitors in the implementation of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.