Acting on complaints of child trafficking from Meghalaya and other North Eastern States to Karnataka in the guise of providing better education facilities to children, the NCPCR on Thursday convened a meeting of officials from the governments of Karnataka and Meghalaya.
Chairperson of NCPCR Shanta Sinha asked the Karnataka government to submit details of the mutts, community and family care centers and other hostels in each district of the state, with the list of children from Meghalaya studying in them.
She also directed that the Child Welfare Committees in each district must review the status of children and their well-being on a regular basis.
The NCPCR directed the Meghalaya government to form a coordination committee to examine the issue of children being sent to Karnataka for pursuing education.
The Committee would evolve terms of reference to monitor such children and establish processes of transparency and accountability while children are sent to study in other states.
Shanta Sinha asked Meghalaya to evolve procedures for parents seeking to contact their children and being informed periodically about their children’s welfare in Karnataka. If need be some parents may be sent to see their children in Karnataka, according to the official release.
Shanta Sinha TNIE that a large number of children from Meghalaya, below the age of six years, are studying in Karnataka.