Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Oct 16: With a rising number of teenage pregnancies reported in Karnataka, the state government is rolling out a major awareness campaign on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act across government schools and colleges, targeting students from Classes 6 to 12.

The initiative, aimed at combating child sexual abuse and improving adolescent awareness of their rights and safety, will be launched in November and continue until January across 40,000 schools and 4,248 colleges in the state.

Announcing the programme, Vidya Kumari, State project director of Samagra Shikshana Karnataka, said: “A government order has already been issued to launch the campaign. Our aim is to sensitise students to child protection laws and empower

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