India, May 14 -- Maharashtra government on Tuesday ordered all schools in the state to conduct roll call thrice a day, install CCTV cameras on their premises and conduct character verification before appointing new employees. These mandatory guidelines directives come in the wake of last year's sexual assault on two 4-year-old girls at a Badlapur school.

It is also mandatory for the schools to inform local police about any complaint by any student of sexual assault, inform parents in case a student is absent or missing after attending the school, and also organise "good touch-bad touch" training sessions to create awareness among pre-primary and primary students about sexual harassment. The order also states that self-defence training sh...