Co-education mooted for children at govt. home in Kozhikode

Probe report on missing of girls submitted to District Police Chief

A special investigation report detailing the circumstances that led to the missing of six girls from the Vellimadukunnu Government Children’s Home has been submitted to District Police Chief (Kozhikode city) A.V. George.

The report with suggestions to rectify the existing issues at the institution was prepared by a team of senior officials comprising representatives of the police and heads of various government-level committees constituted for the protection of women and children.

One of the major suggestions apart from the improvement of physical amenities and safety measures was the introduction of co-education system for the children’s home students. Gender divide and the lack of avenues for co-learning were found to be affecting the children’s behaviour and personality. The report suggested that the children should get more common platforms in a healthy way to end the gender divide and discrimination.