Formulation of National Policy on Children should be expedited - COPA

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has emphasized that the Department of Probation and Child Care Services should expeditiously develop a national policy on children in Sri Lanka and give proper guidance in this regard.

The committee also directed the Department of Probation and Child Care Services to pay attention to establishing a probation office for every judicial zone when the National Policy was developed.

The Secretary to the Ministry said the process of amending the ordinances had already commenced and the amendment of the laws relating to the Children and Young Persons Ordinance is at its final stage.

The committee directed the Department of Probation and Child Care to develop a methodology to protect children from abuse when they use internet.