<p>Mumbai: Amid outrage over the alleged sexual abuse of two kindergarten girls at a school in Badlapur, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra">Maharashtra </a>School Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar on Tuesday said `Vishakha committees' will be formed in schools.</p><p>Schools will face action if CCTV cameras installed on their premises are found to be non-functional, he told reporters here.</p><p>Formation of internal committees to deal with complaints of workplace sexual harassment is mandatory as per the Supreme Court's guidelines in the landmark `Vishakha' judgement. </p>.Badlapur school sexual abuse: Maharashtra govt suspends senior cops who delayed action.<p>"Vishakha committees will be formed at the school level," Kesarkar said, adding that they will provide a platform for raising grievances to girl students, especially those in standards 9th, 10th and junior college.</p><p>There was already a government resolution mandating that schools should have CCTV cameras, but at the school in Badlapur where two girls were allegedly abused the CCTV cameras were not functional, the minister noted.</p><p>A circular stating that schools will be accountable for this lapse will be issued, he said.</p>.<p>A notice has already been issued to the Badlapur school, and its principal, a few teachers and two assistants have been suspended, Kesarkar noted.</p><p>The decision to install complaint boxes at schools was taken in the past, but principals must check these boxes regularly, he said.</p><p>A review meeting was held with education officials earlier this year to check if `Sakhi Savitri committees' were formed in schools, and if the Badlapur institution had not formed such a committee, action will be taken, the minister further said. </p>
<p>Mumbai: Amid outrage over the alleged sexual abuse of two kindergarten girls at a school in Badlapur, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra">Maharashtra </a>School Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar on Tuesday said `Vishakha committees' will be formed in schools.</p><p>Schools will face action if CCTV cameras installed on their premises are found to be non-functional, he told reporters here.</p><p>Formation of internal committees to deal with complaints of workplace sexual harassment is mandatory as per the Supreme Court's guidelines in the landmark `Vishakha' judgement. </p>.Badlapur school sexual abuse: Maharashtra govt suspends senior cops who delayed action.<p>"Vishakha committees will be formed at the school level," Kesarkar said, adding that they will provide a platform for raising grievances to girl students, especially those in standards 9th, 10th and junior college.</p><p>There was already a government resolution mandating that schools should have CCTV cameras, but at the school in Badlapur where two girls were allegedly abused the CCTV cameras were not functional, the minister noted.</p><p>A circular stating that schools will be accountable for this lapse will be issued, he said.</p>.<p>A notice has already been issued to the Badlapur school, and its principal, a few teachers and two assistants have been suspended, Kesarkar noted.</p><p>The decision to install complaint boxes at schools was taken in the past, but principals must check these boxes regularly, he said.</p><p>A review meeting was held with education officials earlier this year to check if `Sakhi Savitri committees' were formed in schools, and if the Badlapur institution had not formed such a committee, action will be taken, the minister further said. </p>