Research Article | Open Access
Rehabilitating Juvenile Offenders via Education: A summary on reintegration of Children
Avnish Kumar Sharma, Meenu Gupta
Pages: 2134-2142
Abstract
In India, "Juveniles in Conflict with the Law" are governed by the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
Children) Act. This law's primary goal was to establish a non-traditional justice system for their rehabilitation.
The Department of Women and Child Development and the Juvenile Justice Boards are responsible for putting
it into action. Although the "Programme for Juvenile Justice" has established the necessary infrastructure, the
delivery system in the form of institutional and non-institutional services is woefully inadequate. The aim of this
paper has been to examine the following:
First, the provisions for rehabilitation provided for "Juveniles in Conflict with the Law" in accordance with
the Juvenile Justice Act of 2000 and Model Rules of 2007
Second, the monitoring mechanism in place to evaluate and enhance the efficacy of the entire
rehabilitation through education process.
Lastly, while addressing the flaws in both the legislation and the current system, make recommendations
for improvement based on both domestic and international examples of success.
Keeping in mind the multifaceted nature of this issue, the scope of this paper, while addressing the issue of
rehabilitation through education, will focus solely on the formal education, vocational training, and
counselling (and a little bit on community services) available to these juveniles. Also, the majority of this
paper's observations pertain to the juvenile justice system in Delhi.
Keywords
Rehabilitation, Reintegration, Juveniles in Conflict with Law, Vocational training, Formal Education, Monitoring