By Tripura24.in Bureau
AGARTALA | July 3, 2026: In a targeted institutional move to fortify student safety networks within the state capital, the Tripura State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) today organized a high-level awareness program at the historic Bodhjung Boys’ Higher Secondary School in Agartala. The campaign focused extensively on equipping young students with the knowledge to recognize, resist, and report instances of child abuse, early child marriage, and illegal child labor.
The event was led by Smt. Jayanti Debbarma, Chairperson of the Tripura SCPCR, alongside the school’s Headmaster, Shri Moloy Bhowmik, with active participation from a massive delegation of senior students and teaching staff.
Mobilizing Classrooms to Fight Social Evils
The intervention program sought to transform regular classrooms into defensive watch-units capable of identifying vulnerable peers in suburban and rural fringes. The commission highlighted that while statutory laws exist, hidden cases of domestic child abuse and forced minor labor frequently go unreported due to a lack of legal awareness among school-going teenagers.
Addressing the student assembly, SCPCR Chairperson Jayanti Debbarma emphasized that children must know their fundamental legal safeguards and act as active change-agents in their neighborhoods.
”Our schools are the safest spaces to nurture awareness against deep-rooted social menaces like child marriage and labor. Every child has a right to complete education and live a life free from trauma. We are traveling to campuses like Bodhjung Boys’ School to directly tell our students that they are never alone. If any student or child in your locality is facing physical abuse, being pushed into labor, or forced out of school for marriage, you must immediately speak up. Use our official institutional hotlines; our commission is legally empowered to step in instantly and guarantee your total protection,” SCPCR Chairperson Jayanti Debbarma declared during her address.
Empowering Students with Practical Action Steps
During the technical segment of the awareness session, legal experts and commission representatives outlined several critical protection guidelines for the student body:
- Utilizing Childline Resources: Students were educated on how to immediately flag child rights violations anonymously by calling the national toll-free helpline number (1098).
- Peer Support Mechanisms: Creating student-led monitoring cells inside the school framework to report sudden, unexplained absences among classmates that could point to forced child labor or financial family distress.
- The Role of School Administration: Headmaster Moloy Bhowmik assured full institutional cooperation, directing class teachers to conduct routine counseling blocks to keep an open line of communication with vulnerable students.
The state-level awareness initiative concluded with a mass pledge administered by Chairperson Jayanti Debbarma, where all attending students, teachers, and administrative staff vowed to proactively protect child rights and build an absolute zero-tolerance environment for abuse across the state.
