# Rajasthan schools tighten entry, photo rules for outsiders 2026-08-17T04:16:39+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Rajasthan’s education department has issued strict new guidelines for government schools, requiring written permission from the principal before any outsider can enter the campus or take photos, videos, or interviews of students and staff. Authorised officials on government work are exempt. Every visitor must now sign a register, and principals can refuse entry without giving a reason. Aaj Tak reports the rules aim to protect children’s safety, dignity and privacy. Unauthorised entry or recording can lead to police action and cases under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, POCSO Act, Juvenile Justice Act and IT Act. Critics have hit back. Congress leader Govind Singh Dotasara accused the government of ending transparency to hide crumbling school infrastructure rather than fixing it. Ashutosh Rana of the Cockroach Janata Party said his team would keep inspecting schools despite the order, arguing the state should repair schools instead of restricting oversight. ## Coverage - aajtak.in This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Govind Singh Dotasara, POCSO Act, Rajasthan government Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/rajasthan-schools-tighten-entry-photo-rules-for-outsiders/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/rajasthan-schools-tighten-entry-photo-rules-for-outsiders/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/