HOW MUCH INCLUSIVE, SAFE AND EQUIPPED IS OUR SCHOOL?

The Opinion of Secondary School Students towards Child-friendly Environment of their Schools

  • Dr.Kavita Singh

Abstract

This paper uncovers status of child-friendliness of the schools on inclusion, safety and availability of resources through the opinion of students studying there.  Data was collected through an opinionnaire developed by the researcher. Frequency has been calculated for each dimension. After data analysis it was found that status of the schools on the above dimensions is not satisfactory. Schools themselves are violating rights of children and are not opined very child-friendly by the students. Therefore, there is a strong need to control and monitor quality of schooling by evaluating them on child-friendly school index recurrently.

Published
2019-12-19
Section
Articles