Sarkari Shishu Paribar

There are innumerable numbers of children living in a deplorable condition in the country. They are orphans, destitute, disabled and very poor, who are living below the poverty line. From the nineteen fifties some orphans were reared up, educated and rehabilitated by the Government through establishing the state orphanages and were run by the Primary Education Directorate. Later the orphanages have been transferred to the DSS. Other than this programme, the DSS have established many organisations for education, training and rehabilitation for the destitute children, street children, abandoned baby and destitute women, which are described as under. Sarkari Shishu Paribar (State Children Home)
 

In 1944, Bengal Orphan and Widow Act was promulgated for the management of orphanages. At the Government level, Primary Education Directorate was initially responsible to run the state orphanages. Since the inception of the Department of Social Services in 1961, the responsibility of running the state orphanages had been shifted to the DSS.

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The objectives:

It is a fact that orphans have no dignified means to develop themselves. The main objective behind the management of the Sarkari Shishu Paribar (state children home) is to create an environment for children to grow as normal citizens of the country. The specific objectives of Sarkari Shishu Paribar is to take care, protect, maintain and to provide food, education, training, medicare, recreational facilities and also to rehabilitate the orphans.

The activities:

There are 85 Sarkari Shishu Paribars under the DSS all over the country with a capacity of 10,300 orphans. Among which 43 institutions are earmarked for boys, 41 for girls and 1 for both sexes. Among them, there is a “Sarkari Shishu Paribar” for girls in Chapatali of Sherpur district municipality with 100 seats.

 For physical and mental growth of the inmates of orphanages, the following facilities are provided :

1. Food and lodging
2. Shelter and maintenance
3. General education
4. Religious and moral teaching
5. Sports and recreation
6. Medicare
7. Vocational training
8. Rehabilitation.

The Government has given special emphasis on overall development of the Sarkari Shishu Paribar. To create homely atmosphere and nursing the orphans, some modernised steps have been taken. With this end in view, the previous concept of Sarkari Shishu Sadan has been changed. Now the orphanages are designed in consistent with family management. The state orphanages are now called Sarkari Shishu Paribars (State Children Homes). This is one of the most important poverty alleviation as well as human resource development programmes of the Government for the destitute orphans. These orphanages would be modernized with medical centre and computer training facilities.

Methods of service delivery (in short):

Parents of orphans aged 8-9 years will submit application in the prescribed form. After preparing the draft list of the applications received, the Superintendent / Deputy Superintendent called a meeting of the Admission Committee. The orphaned child was rehabilitated up to the age of 18 years by feeding, educating and training by informing the applicant after the resident election.

Functions:

1. Submit the application to the concerned child family or to the district social service office in the form prescribed by the parent in December every year;

2. Verification of the age and health status of the applicant orphan child through the Civil Surgeon or his representative;

3. Final approval by the Admissions Committee

4. Free orphan admission;

5. Maintenance of children, education, training and rehabilitation in the society with appropriate dignity.

Relevant laws / rules / policies:

1. Government Children's Home / Child Family Management Policy-2002

2. Children's Act-2013

3. Resident Admission Form

Service Deadline:

1. 1 month after receiving the application for admission in the child's family

2. Other services after the child is admitted until the child is 18 years old.