School Committees

Objective:

At SVJCTEMS, an effective and unbiased Grievance Redressal Mechanism is followed to deal with the genuine grievances of students, faculty and other stake holders so as to create a healthy relationship among the students, parents, employees and employers.

A Grievance Redressal Committee has been formed to look into the complaints lodged. The Grievance Redressal Committee is also empowered to look into matters of harassment.

Procedure for lodging complaint:

• Anyone with a genuine grievance may approach the School Principal or School Manager/ Director. In case the person is unwilling to appear in self, grievances may be dropped in writing at the Complaint Box placed at the Administrative Block.
• The Grievance Redressal Committee will act upon those cases which have been forwarded along with the necessary documents.
• Written / verbal complaints are redressed by the Teacher / Principal / Committee.

Responsibility for Redressal:

• The final responsibility for grievance redressal rests with the Principal of the School.
• The school expects that grievance redressal be time bound and result oriented. Every grievance is expected to be resolved within a reasonable period.
• The Grievance Redressal Committee of the school shall monitor status and progress of grievance redressal and shall furnish report on grievance redressal position to the Chairman of the school.

Powers:

• In case of any grievance the members of the committee are empowered to sort out the problems at their level through discussion with students.
• In case the members fail to find out any solution then the matter is referred to the School Director / Chairman for final commitment on the matter.
• Considering the nature and depth of the grievances, due inquiry is made by the members of the cell and through personal discussion the matter is solved. If anybody is found to be guilty for any kind of nuisance, immediate action is being taken by the School Management.

Committee Members:

1) Mrs. Sharayu Milind Yashwantrao, School Director
2) Smt. Pradnya Chandrakant Parkar, Principal, Secondary School
3) Mrs. Janhavi Samir Chalke, Principal, Primary School
4) Mr. Kalpesh Suhas Juvekar, Supervisor
5) Mrs. Diksha Dattaram Shirodkar, Female Teacher Representative
6) Mr. Ankush Ramchandra Hembade, Male Teacher Representative
7) Mrs. Sakshi Sachin Pakale, Non-Teaching Staff Representative

Measures taken by the SVJCT’s School:Under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, SVJCT’s English Medium School has set up POCSO Committee to safeguard the learners from the challenges they face in their formative years at school.

The Committee conducts awareness campaigns and programmes to prevent sexual exploitation of the students and make them aware of their rights and responsibilities towards themselves.

Gender Sensitization workshop is conducted on a quarterly basis. The teachers are trained to attend to adolescence related issues. They are primarily made aware to notice the behavioural pattern of children. This particularly includes close monitoring of academic performance and psychological behaviour categorically in cases of sudden decline in performance, lack of interest, depression, aloofness etc. The teachers are educated on how to counsel a child if they notice such behaviour pattern. They are also well trained to talk to parents on the subject of child sexual abuse from time to time.

In order to provide a safe, protective and conducive environment to our children for their overall development, we keep conducting workshops wherein children are taught to differentiate between good touch and bad touch. Doctors frequently pay visit to our school and conduct lectures related to the sensitive topics and the problems related to puberty and hormonal changes.

Students are encouraged not to hide things and report inappropriate behaviour to their teacher. There is also a provision of Complaint Box. The entire School premises are under CCTV surveillance which is personally monitored by the Head of the School.

POCSO Committee Members:

1) Mrs. Sharayu Milind Yashwantrao – School Director, Head of the Committee
2) Smt. Pradnya Chandrakant Parkar – Principal , Secondary School – Member
3) Mrs. Janhavi Samir Chalke– Principal, Primary School – Member
4) Ms. Shivani Vijay Takale – Student Counsellor
5) Ms. Riya Vishwanath Mahadik– Female Teacher
6) Mr. Vishal Shivappa Chougule – Male Teacher
7) Mrs. Dhanashree Dhananjay Kuchekar – Non-Teaching Staff
8) Ms. Anushka Sachin Sakpal – Female Student
9) Mast. Tanishq Sandesh Kadam– Male Student

Sexual Harassment of Women at the work-place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013The protection against sexual harassment and the right to work with dignity are universally recognised human rights.

Following the Sexual Harassment of Women at the work-place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and rules framed thereunder, an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) for our School has been constituted under sub-section (1) of section 4 of this Act. The ICC aims at providing protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace and for the prevention and redressal of complaints of sexual harassment.

Objectives:

• No woman shall be subjected to sexual harassment at any workplace.
• Provide a safe working environment at the workplace which shall include safety from the persons coming into contact at the workplace.
• Organize workshops and awareness programmes at regular intervals for sensitizing the employees with the provisions of the Act.

What do we do?

• There is also a provision of Complaint Box.
• The entire School premises are under CCTV surveillance.
• Majority of our Staff are women. The School Management is strict enough and has developed Women Empowerment policy which has created healthy and safe working environment.

Committee Members:

1) Mrs. Sharayu Milind Yashwantrao– School Director, President of the Committee
2) Smt. Pradnya Chandrakant Parkar – Principal , Secondary School – Member
3) Mrs. Janhavi Samir Chalke– Principal, Primary School – Member
4) Mr. Vinayak Tukaram Salvi – Local Authority
5) Mrs. Renuka Sudhir Thorat– Parent Representative
6) Mrs. Ananya Yogesh Joglekar– Teacher Representative
7) Mrs. Sandhya Sunil Chavan – Non-Teaching Staff Representative
8) Smt. Dipali Ramesh Jadhav – Female Nurse
9) Ms. Vaijanta Bapusaheb Wabale– Female Student Representative
10) Mast. Samarth Ankush Hembade – Male Student Representative

Safety of Children and Staff in the school campus is the utmost priority of our institute. There are Security Guards at the entrance as well as all the posts in the campus. The whole school campus is under CCTV surveillance. There are separate wardens for girls and boys residing in the campus. Since our school campus is in the vicinity of Hospital and Medical College, medical emergencies, if any, are met with promptness.The committees such as Grievance Redressal Committee, POCSO Committee, Internal Complaints Committee under Sexual Harassment of Women at the work-place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, are constituted.

Informative lectures/ workshops are conducted frequently concerning safety measures of students and staff as well. The institute encourages the students and staff as well to speak out in case of any threats. Thus the institute creates a healthy interactive atmosphere, giving a sense of belonging, thereby nurturing a positive and constructive atmosphere in the school.

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