noida with several incidents highlighting the lack of childrens security being reported across ncr the gautam budh nagar education department has asked all government and private schools to share a list of students with criminal tendency or unruly behaviour so that they can be counselled private schools said it would be difficult to classify children as such and it would be hard to keep such a list secret in a letter issued to all schools of the district on december 6 the department said considering the increasing number of cases of criminal intent among students you are requested to provide a list of the students with criminal tendency or unruly behaviour which will be kept confidential so that they can be given correct guidance after discussion with higher officials while government schools responded that they do not have any such children most private schools have not replied so far let alone submitting such a list some said demarcating a child as having a criminal bent of mind could have multiple repercussions and it would be next to impossible to keep the names of such children as confidential they have suggested that a common workshop be held for the purpose of counselling asha prabhakar secretary unaided recognised public schools association urpsa said we have replied to the office of the district inspector of schools dios asking how they can define a child as having criminal intent these are very sensitive cases rather than doing this with a few students there should be a common counselling workshop for all students meanwhile education department officials said their intent was to keep the activity totally among senior officers our motive is to provide such children with counselling or guidance by counsellors from ngos dios pk upadhyay told toi