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Now the questions I want to raise is;
Do we really need surveillance cameras in every nook and corner of our schools?
This feeling of confinement and being perpetually watched over …is it healthy for the children?
According to me this is really a shocking development in our academic institutions!
If it was there when I was in school I would not have a single moment of pure fun to recollect. I would have just wanted to escape from the “zombie culture”. I was a very good student but pranks were part and parcel of my education. And my teachers never punished me for any of them. They knew that kids need to be themselves. The kids need to be trusted and told so. The children need to be given space to grow and learn from their own mistakes. No amount of hammering things will serve any purpose. It will only stunt their growth. It really scares me to see this kind of policing now.
What are the authorities trying to achieve by this? A generation of robots…with no emotions?
I feel there are better ways to monitor children and i.e. by maintaining a healthy learning culture and co-operative activities.
By this kind of surveillance, the authorities are trying to mask their inability to provide good education and then trying to control the reaction of the children to their ineffective methods. It is really sad as they are trying to put the blame squarely on the kids rather than concentrating on the prevention itself.
Do any of you have cameras in your campuses?
What do you think about the issue?
