No more segregation: Child Rights Commission wants all schools in the state to be mixed
Child Rights Commission to make all schools in the state mixed schools. The Child Rights Commission also asked the government to prepare an action plan to implement co-education.The Child Rights Commission has suggested that there should be no existing system of boys and girls schools in the state. The Child Rights Commission also suggests that all girls and boys schools in the state should be converted into schools where children study regardless of gender.
The order states that prior to the implementation of co-education, necessary steps should be taken to improve the physical conditions of the said schools, including toilets, and to educate parents about the importance of co-education.
There are 280 girls schools and 164 boys schools in the state. Education Minister V Sivankutty himself had earlier stated that more schools in the state would be made mixed.
