Chandigarh, 27th June, 2016: The State Child Protection Society (SCPS) under
Union Territory Child Protection Society (UTCPS) under the aegis of Department
of Social Welfare, Chandigarh Administration in collaboration with National
Informatics Centre, Ministry of Women and Child Development organized a one Day State Orientation
Programme on Track Child Portal at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Public
Administration, Sector 26, Chandigarh for stakeholders in child protection
namely Child welfare committee, Juvenile justice board, Special juvenile Police
Unit, District child protection society and staff of child care institutions. The workshop was attended by over 45 participants
from stakeholders like Staff of Children Homes, District child protection
society, special juvenile police unit, child welfare committee, jubneile
justice board, State child protection society (SCPS) and District Child
protection Unit (DCPU).
Ministry Of Women and Child Development (MWCD),
Government of India is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, namely the
Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) since 2009-10 under which mechanism
has been created for tracking 'missing' and 'found' children under ICPS in the
form of Track the Missing Child Portal. Also under the new Juvenile Justice Act
2015, it has been made mandatory to upload information regarding any missing/abandoned/lost/orphan
children by the uploading the details on a portal by concerned agency. The
Government of India has also launched Khoya Paya portal where any parent whose
child is missing can update information which will be shared with the cops and
authorities in real time. Anyone in the country can also update information on
any missing children they are aware of.
The session began with introduction to
course objectives of the program which was followed by an Orientation session
on Track child by Mr. Chandkiran Chocker, System Analyst, National informatics
centre, MWCD Division. He gave an overview on track child portal 2.0 and
explained that the purpose of the portal is to track the missing children,
ultimate repatriation of missing children & proper care and development of
vulnerable children etc. This was followed by a orientation session on Khoya
paya portal by Mr. Sheshnath Yadav, Moderator, khoya paya portal and Mr.
Chandnkiran Chocker, NIC who explained that theportal is basically a platform
for citizens wherein information on missing/found children can be entered by
the citizens.
The session was followed by screening
of inspirational movie-Faristhey, made by UTCPS to create awareness on child
labour and fostercare issues.
Another important session was
conducted on Matching of children where it was explained to participants how to
search for profiles and do matching for missing and found children. It was
explained that once a probable match is found the profile can be selected and
that information goes to police(CID) for final matching.
This was followed by a hands-on-session
on How to use the track child portal for all stakeholders. Each stakeholder
agency was required to carry their registration username information on the
portal and live training was provided on the same. In the end an open house
session was conducted to address queries and challenges on operation.
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