The new manual for teachers aims to educate and sensitize them towards the LGBTQ+ community and different gender orientations. (representative image)
The new manual claims that the text of the manual suggests gender-neutral infrastructure for children that is not commensurate with their gender realities and basic needs.
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Stating that NCERT’s gender-neutral teacher training manual would deny equal rights to children of diverse biological needs, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) sought to rectify the “discrepancies” in the document. It also claimed that the text of the manual suggests gender-neutral infrastructure for children which is not commensurate with their gender realities and basic needs.
The new manual for teachers aims to educate and sensitize them towards the LGBTQ+ community and different gender orientations. It highlights practices and strategies to make schools sensitive and inclusive for transgender and gender non-conforming children.
These strategies include the provision of gender-neutral toilets and uniforms, sensitization on non-teaching staff, closing practices that segregate children in various school activities based on their gender, allowing members of the transgender community to speak out on campus. Inviting, among others. The commission, in a letter to the Director of NCERT, said that it has received a complaint regarding the contents of the teacher training manual titled ‘Inclusion of Transgender Children in School Education: Concerns and Road Map’ published by the Department of Gender Studies, NCERT.
The complainant said that the text of the manual suggests gender-neutral infrastructure for children which is not commensurate with their gender realities and basic needs. “Furthermore, the idea of creating and deleting binaries would deprive them of the same rights as children of diverse biological needs. Second, this approach would expose children to unnecessary psychological trauma due to conflicting environments at home and school. Manual (Chapter 3) It also states that teachers are suggested to discuss puberty barriers with students and its availability for adolescents.
Besides, the background and qualifications of the members of the drafting committee were not verified, the apex child rights body said in its letter. The NCPCR sought rectification of discrepancies in the document and also said that the anecdotes of the members of the drafting committee can be verified.
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