India
The GALE Right to Education Monitor still has to be done in India.
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Score on the GALE Checklist
| Item | Forbidden | Discouraged | No policy | Encouraged | Supported | No data | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Full access to schools? | x | no comments | |||||
| 2. Freedom of self expression? | x | no comments | |||||
| 3. Protection against bullying? | x | Peer bullying in schools is rampant.LGBT students prefer remain in closet as there is fear of stigma and severe discrimination , may result in dismissal of student as well. In most cases LGBTIQ people ultimately leave school due to sexual and physical abuse by seniors and also teachers. | |||||
| 4. No drop-out? | x | They definitely drop out more. There is clear evidence of this fact. Most have left school while in primary class or in secondary and cannot continue furhter due to severe stigmatization and bullying and abuse. | |||||
| 5. Equal performance? | x | Thousand of those who I interacted with were not so good in academic as lack of support results in decline interest in studies while at the same time there are others who are exceptionally good beacuse they are supported by families. So where there is family support many LGBT students continue and bale to bear the stigma that they face in schools. | |||||
| 6. Is there public information? | x | Discussion about sex, sexuality, sexuality diversity is a taboo. People don't discuss and prefer to keep these things under the carpet. I remember when we had a session on HIV/AIDS in a University in Delhi, India, the Principal asked us specifically not to do any condom demonstration in the institution premises, and mins you, it was with University students and not with schools kids. | |||||
| 7. Attention in school resources? | x | no comments | |||||
| 8. Resources for LGBT students? | x | no comments | |||||
| 9. Support services open to LGBT? | x | no comments | |||||
| 10. Peer-learning opportunities? | x | no comments | |||||
| 11. Is staff supportive? | x | no comments | |||||
| 12. Is staff competent to teach? | x | no comments | |||||
| 13. Is staff competent to support? | x | no comments | |||||
| 14. Supportive school environment? | x | no comments | |||||
| 15. Employment protection for staff? | x | no comments |
The score is 50% forbidden (denying), 43% discouraged or no policy (ambiguous), 7% encouraged or supportive (supportive). We score this country therefore as denying.
This report is based on one respondent, who based the results on the India report on education 2012.
Relevant Conventions
| Convention against Discrimination in Education | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| Convention on Technical and Vocational Education | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| Convention on the Rights of the Child | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
Links to interesting articles
- Repository of LGBT Resources (Translated into Hindi, July 2012)
- Video: "Me, My Self, My Gender" (Documentary on MSM, transgender community, June 2012)
- Essay by Mrs. Sudha Santanam on coming to terms with her son's sexuality (March 2012)
- New films: Indian Transgender Rights Activists talk about Love and Relationships (January 2012)
- "It Gets Better" video in Tamil by Sarav Chidambaram (November 2011)
- TV9 pays the price!: Indian TV Channel gets Fined by News Authorities for Homophopic Coverage on Gays in Hyderabad (March 2011)
- Gay Pride in New Delhi 2010 on YouTube
- Shakuntala Devi "The World of Homosexuals" (classic book, 1978)
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This page was last updated on 8 March 2013.