Detach the Classroom from Delinquency – A Trend Analysis

Abstract

All children have the right to be how they want to be until that maintains the social norms of the country, they live in. If it is violated, it becomes anti-social/unlawful behaviour technically termed Juvenile Delinquency. In the growth and development of children, during adolescent period children establishes a high rate of delinquency around the world. The population of adolescents aged between 10 and 19 is estimated as ~1.2 billion in the world which constitutes 14.8 percent of overall population of the world. Among these 1 million children are kept behind bars in response to involvement of unlawful acts as stated by UNICEF. The purpose of the study is to analyse the status of delinquency in India according to the age group of the children. A Desk research approach was adopted for the present study by utilizing secondary data. The data from 2001 to 2021 (21 Years) was collected from the National Crime Records Administration (NCRB) and India Registry. The findings of the percentage and trend analysis revealed that children between 16 and below 18 are potentially involved in anti-social activities and the rate of involvement increasing every year since 2001 which likely to be increased in future too. This alarms the stakeholders to take necessary steps to reduce delinquency among late adolescents. It is recommended that the teachers, especially Higher Secondary Teachers need to be equipped to provide proper guidance services to students since the teachers are expected high social responsibility and possess significant role in the behavioural and academic well-being of children.