Section 236: Objective of institutional treatment

(1) The objective of training and treatment of a child offender placed in an institution shall be to provide care, protection, education and vocational skill with a view to assisting the child to assume socially constructive and productive roles in the society.
(2) A child offender in an institution shall be given care, protection and all necessary assistance, including social, educational, vocational, psychological, medical and physical assistance, that he may require, having regard to his age, sex personality and in the interest of his development.
(3) A female child offender placed in an institution shall-
(a) be treated fairly;
(b) received no less care, protection, assistance, treatment and training than a male child; and
(c) be given special attention as to be her personal needs and problems.
(4) The parents and guardian of a child offender placed in an institution shall have the right to access to the child in the interest and well being of the child.
(5) Inter-Ministerial and Inter-Departmental co-operation shall be encouraged for the purpose of providing adequate academic or vocational training for any child offender placed in an institution or ensure that the child does not leave the institution at an educational disadvantage.