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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | HRD panel to oversee RTE rollout by Akshaya Mukul

HRD panel to oversee RTE rollout by Akshaya Mukul

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published Published on Jul 2, 2010   modified Modified on Jul 2, 2010

This National Advisory Council might not be as powerful as its namesake and as freewheeling in its mandate, but it will oversee the implementation of the Right to Education, the single most important intervention in the field of education since independence.

HRD minister Kapil Sibal, who will be the ex-officio chairperson of this 14-member NAC, has cleared the names of eight members. They are Kiran Karnik, former president of NASSCOM; Krishna Kumar, former director of the National Council for Educational Research and Training; Mrinal Miri, former vice-chancellor of North-East Hill University; social scientist Yogendra Yadav; Amita Dhanda, professor of law, National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad; Venita Kaul, earlier with the World Bank and current head of Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development, Ambedkar University, Delhi; Annie Namala, an activist and head of Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion; and Aboobacker, vice-president of Muslim Education Society, Kerala.

Central rules of RTE stipulate that at least three members should be from amongst SCs/STs and minorities. The rules also say that one-third of the members should be women. One member will be from among persons with specialized knowledge of pre-primary education and one with specialized knowledge of teacher education.

The NAC on RTE will be five ex-officio members -- secretary, school education and literacy, HRD ministry; director of NCERT; vice-chancellor of National University of Educational Planning and Administration; chairperson of National Council for Teacher Education; and chairperson of National Commission of Protection of Child Rights.

Under the central rules of the RTE Act, the NAC will review compliance with teacher qualification and training. It will also commission studies and research for the effective implementation of the Act and be an interface between the HRD ministry and the world at large in creating awareness and a positive environment for the implementation of the Act.

The NAC will play a vital role in implementing the curriculum and evaluation procedure for elementary education and ensure that the RTE's stress on all-round development of the child, building up her knowledge, potentiality and talent is maintained by all the stakeholders. Similar panels will be created the state level. Called the State Advisory Council, each of them will have 14 members.


The Times of India, 26 JUne, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/HRD-panel-to-oversee-RTE-rollout/articleshow/6091867.cms


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