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prescribed by the physicians. So the
parents feel secure about their wards
though they are away from the home.
Story - 2
The school is a counselling centre
too. Social and education backwardness
of the parents sometimes results in dire
consequences. Like families which are
effected with addiction of liquor are not
aware its impact on the individual health
and family as a whole critical moments
the child is the victim because the parents
fight. Eventually the school to the
responsibility and compromised the
parents for the welfare of their child and
convince them and explaing them how a
child looses everything. After a thorough
The parents are well aware to send counselling many parents understood the
their wards to school regularly and they things and start living together.
also send information of their ward is Smt.Kota Lakshmi narrates her tragic
absence at school. If any child is absent experience in her own words here.
without any information school, the
"My husband
assigned teacher would go to their house was a nefarious
and enquire about the reasons. The school boozer; he comes fully
has contact numbers of every parent and drunk every night and
it is the responsibility of the father to tortured mercilessly
communicate the reason of his child's before my children. He
absence. beat me up for no rea-
son every day. It's a nightmare to me
The school is very particular about
and my children every night. One day
the health condition of their pupils. If any
he had beaten me up violently. I couldn't
child is fallen ill and undergoing treatment,
bear it and decided to leave him and
teachers take responsibility of the sick set out to my parents. I went to school
child and they administer drugs timely, as
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