Article 3, Point 3 of the regulation stipulated that institutions and units should provide protection to children by adhering to the standard, Children with Special Condition Protection Assistant Deputy at the Ministry Elvi Hendrani noted.
An education institution determined as a Child-Friendly School (SRA) should fulfill two types of standardization, she remarked during the LPKRA Technical Guidance for Case Handling Unit in the Middle School Level Education Institution webinar, on Wednesday.
These standardizations comprise the SRA standardization and case handling unit, known as BK, standardization, she noted.
In accordance with the definition, a Child-Friendly School is an educational institution capable of fulfilling the rights of children and providing them special protection and also has in place a child-friendly case handling mechanism.
"The Education and Culture Ministerial Regulation also urges an education institution to have a violence case handling team," she remarked.
In addition, a Child-Friendly School should establish a network with various related parties, such as the education office, Women and Child Protection Regional Technical Acting Unit (UPTD PPA), and the police.
This is important especially to properly handle severe cases or cases that involve criminal acts.
Education institutions are deemed as child-friendly if they can handle a case quickly and accurately, Hendrani remarked.
Earlier, at a webinar on Monday, Child-Friendly School National Facilitator from Makassar Jusria Kadir urged education institutions to become establishments that protect children, especially those vulnerable to violence and discrimination.
The efforts to protect children can be made by creating regulations, conducting communications, disseminating information and education, holding dissemination, and providing correct data.
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