The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has directed the Director of General Education (DGE) to take steps for children with illnesses, including those with Type 1 diabetes, to study till Plus Two in a school near their house under the single-window admission process. Steps should also be taken to set up sick rooms in all schools in the State for students to take rest during emergencies and take insulin injections.
A Bench of commission chairperson K.V. Manoj Kumar and members B. Babitha and P.P. Shyamaladevi issued the directive on a slew of petitions, including from the Type 1 Diabetes Foundation and the Type 1 Diabetic Welfare Society Kerala.
It directed the DGE and the General Education Principal Secretary to take steps for maintaining ‘health file’ on the health of students with illnesses in every school in the State and for training at least two teachers in every school on how to manage such students, including those with Type 1 diabetes, through doctors from the primary and family health centres in the State.
