Directorate of Education bans correction fluids, thinners in schools

The Directorate of Education (DoE) has trained schools to boycott the utilization of rectification liquids, whiteners and different substances. A round, sent to schools on August 17, expresses that the DoE has prohibited the utilization of packaged adjustment liquids, thinners, whiteners, diluters and vulcanized arrangements. The roundabout from the division takes after a request from the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) in April this year requesting that the administration boycott over-the-counter offer of such items to kids under 18 years to shield them from substance manhandle. The JJB had said kids ought to be permitted to purchase revision liquids, whiteners, thinners and other such substances just in the event that they are joined by guardians or have a letter from school specialists teaching them to get it. In July this year, the Family and Health Department of the administration additionally restricted the offer of such items. Comparable requests were issued in 2012 too, by th...