EMN
Dimapur, September 30
Child care institutions have been told to maintain certain standards of services as prescribed under the Juvenile Justice Act. To ensure that the standards of services are in line, inspections of all the child care institutions will be undertaken, members of childcare agencies were told during a recent seminar in Kohima.
A two-day “state level” training program for childcare institutions in Nagaland and about the use of the portal ‘Trackchild’ was conducted on September 29 and the 30th. The program was conducted in the Zonal Council Hall in Kohima town. The training was conducted by the State Child Protection Society of Nagaland. Members from 58 childcare institutions attended the training program, the organizers informed in a press release that was issued on Wednesday.
On the first day of the training program, the director of the State Child Protection Society, Z Nyusietho Nyuthe, gave the welcome address. In his address, Nyuthe briefly highlighted the various types of homes under the childcare institutions sector, their roles, and how they were different from each other.
The speaker, also the joint secretary for the Social Welfare department, also said that there were 58 childcare institutions out of which only 36 were “uploading on Trackchild Portal.” The rest of the institutions ‘have not uploaded the required details, so there is the need for the rest of the CCIs to upload it in the Trackchild immediately,’ he said.
Nyuthe also strongly said that all the child care institutions need to maintain certain standards of services as prescribed under the JJ Act. He said that inspection of all the child care institutions will be undertaken.
On the second day of the event, the welcome address was given by Satahi Sujho, program manager of the training program. In his welcome address, Sujho said that Trackchild was introduced by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, government of India, to help track missing or found children.
According to the speaker, Nagaland was a “forerunner in implementing Integrated child protection scheme in India.” However, he said, “We are lacking behind in maintenance of database. Therefore, the objective of the training is to equip all the child care institutions to handle the Trackchild Portal.”
The keynote address was delivered by Meilemla Pongener, chairperson of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights of Nagaland. She said that missing children were very closely associated with exploitation. ‘Our state situation is not as bad as some state in India but our society should take preventive measure before the situation worsens,’ she said.
Pongener also said that with changing times there was a need to update oneself with the latest technologies and to ‘challenge oneself’ to know about this portal.
Swedeseno Natso, System Analyst and Project Coordinator for Trackchild was the resource person for the two days training program. She taught the participants about the various interfaces of Trackchild and discussed in detail the use of the system.
‘As stakeholders of the ICPS scheme, however minute the details maybe, it is important for the details to be uploaded in this portal. And this will help all the stakeholders including the family of concerned child and necessary action can be taken against vulnerability of children,’ she said. She also answered queries from participants.
Raitale Zeliang Programme Manager SCPS, the other resource person, taught about practical applications of the system. She said that uploading information by the CCI online was not an option but had become mandatory. She emphasized on accurately, regularly and timely uploading data.
Trackchild is accessible by any citizen. If a child goes missing or finds a lost child, any concerned citizen can access ‘www.trackthemissingchild.com’ even on android-based mobile phones. They can inform the authorities or those in concern.
