Despite Law, Privacy Is Directly at Risk
By Tulip Sinha
Privacy is an important aspect of human lives today in every country and most social groups. The manifestation and understanding of privacy may change from one group to another but now it has become a topic of daily discourse across nations. How does privacy affect the pre-primary education sector and what are the crucial aspects that we need to understand that affect the children directly?
Humans are a hyper-connected global community now. Even at places where there is an absence or dearth of basic amenities, technology and the internet have marked their presence among all age groups. So, it does not come as surprise that even in the remotest geographical area or in an uneducated group of people or within a traditional society, the internet, gadgets and social media are an integral part of lives.
With the penetration of technology and internet comes the risk of intrusion into private space and of privacy violation. The concept of privacy may be different for people but in the eye of law, ‘privacy’ is well defined and the law of the land ensures that privacy of an individual is guaranteed through constitutional provisions.
The right to privacy extends to children also as legal citizens of the country. The schools in the country are governed by regulatory mechanisms but entities facilitating pre-primary education such as playschools, crèche and school nurseries are largely unregulated. In the absence of law regulating such entities and the fact that millions such playschools and crèche have mushroomed in cities, even in single rooms spaces projects the seriousness of the issue.
The privacy of children attending playschools, nurseries and those going to crèche is at high risk. As mentioned earlier, such entities are largely unregulated and therefore possess a higher chance of other irregularities that crop up– absence of verification of teaching and administrative staff, negligence towards structural stability and propriety of the building or structure housing the entity, transportation irregularities, etc. For private and government schools, such checks are done by the law, regulations and government guidelines - not applicable to pre-primary education sector.
Privacy is an important aspect of human lives today in every country and most social groups. The manifestation and understanding of privacy may change from one group to another but now it has become a topic of daily discourse across nations. How does privacy affect the pre-primary education sector and what are the crucial aspects that we need to understand that affect the children directly?
Humans are a hyper-connected global community now. Even at places where there is an absence or dearth of basic amenities, technology and the internet have marked their presence among all age groups. So, it does not come as surprise that even in the remotest geographical area or in an uneducated group of people or within a traditional society, the internet, gadgets and social media are an integral part of lives.
With the penetration of technology and internet comes the risk of intrusion into private space and of privacy violation. The concept of privacy may be different for people but in the eye of law, ‘privacy’ is well defined and the law of the land ensures that privacy of an individual is guaranteed through constitutional provisions.
The right to privacy extends to children also as legal citizens of the country. The schools in the country are governed by regulatory mechanisms but entities facilitating pre-primary education such as playschools, crèche and school nurseries are largely unregulated. In the absence of law regulating such entities and the fact that millions such playschools and crèche have mushroomed in cities, even in single rooms spaces projects the seriousness of the issue.
The privacy of children attending playschools, nurseries and those going to crèche is at high risk. As mentioned earlier, such entities are largely unregulated and therefore possess a higher chance of other irregularities that crop up– absence of verification of teaching and administrative staff, negligence towards structural stability and propriety of the building or structure housing the entity, transportation irregularities, etc. For private and government schools, such checks are done by the law, regulations and government guidelines - not applicable to pre-primary education sector.
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