Click to play videoMumbai: Young children will soon be made champions of the fight against corruption if the Chief Vigilance Commission's new plan comes into effect. As corruption threatens to undermine the India story, the country's corruption watchdog, the CVC, is taking a long term view. Following the old adage of catching them young, the CVC now aims to make children anti-corruption champions.
The CVC has written to all CBSE, ICSE schools asking them to form 'integrity clubs'. The clubs will aim to sensitise students to curb corruption and instill moral values.
Carl Laurie, the Principal of Christ Church School, said, "It should be implemented not just in ICSE, CBSE schools but also in the government board schools.
Some, though, are skeptical on just how the proposal would work.
Meera Isaacs, the Principal of Cathedral and John Connon School thinks it is a loose term.
Involving students in anti-graft drives have been tried in the past with students being asked to develop comics on instances where people stood up against corruption like Gandhi and his Dandi March. The Board had also suggested that students could create jingles on the importance of vigilance. These may be small steps but can help chip away the culture of corruption.
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