Coimbatore: offering condolences to parents from private school students, who died of suicide after being sexually harassed by a teacher, Minister of School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Sunday urged students to call Helpline 14417 to report harassment.
“A mother has lost her daughter.
As a parent of a girl, I can relate to the pain of the victim’s mother,” Minister said after meeting parents at their residence.
He was accompanied by the Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji.
Lasted parents require ministers to take steps to ensure the incident does not happen again.
“The government established a Helpline free toll 14417 after a similar incident.
It was manned by trained staff.
Students must feel free to share their complaints when they don’t feel comfortable sharing them with parents, teachers or friends,” said Poyyamozhi.
Such incidents handle many initiatives to encourage more girls who are educated, said Minister.
“Students and private school teachers will be taught about the protection of children from sexual violation laws, 2012.
At present, this training is offered in government schools.” “There was no delay in acting against the perpetrators.
The defendant was ordered under the Pocso law within 24 hours after the death of the victim and then arrested.
The protesters demanded the arrest of the principal, who failed to act against the defendant.
The principal has been arrested and ordered under the Pocso.
The police were examining the letters left by the victim, “he added.