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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Minority schools can't dodge RTE-Puja Pednekar

Minority schools can't dodge RTE-Puja Pednekar

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published Published on Aug 22, 2012   modified Modified on Aug 22, 2012
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Now, even private minority unaided schools will have to take in 25% children from the weaker sections. The central government has issued a notification enforcing the latest amendment in the existing Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (2009).

Following the notification, the state will soon enforce the amendment across all schools except theological schools such as madrassas and vedic pathshalas.

DNA had exclusively reported about the amendment on August 3. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2012, that received the president’s assent on June 19, states that only madrassas, vedic pathsalas and educational institutions primarily imparting religious instruction will be exempted from the Act.

As per the notification uploaded on the Maharashtra Prathamik Shikshan Parishad website dated August 1, schools will have to enforce this amendment immediately.

Sanjay Deshmukh, currently holding additional charge as the special project director of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) said, “This notification confirms the amendment and has made the Act, including all its provisions, binding on all schools except theological schools. On the basis of the notification of the central government, we are preparing notifications that will be sent to all schools in the state.”

Minority schools are unhappy with the amendment. Rohan Bhat, head of Children’s Academy Group of Schools said, “The government has not interpreted the amendment fairly. It goes against the constitutional rights of minority institutions.”

However, educationists say that this is a welcome amendment. Jayant Jain, president of the Forum for Fairness in Education, said, “So far, schools had been unfairly seeking cover under the minority tag. One school even went to the heights of acquiring a minority certificate from the National Commission.”

“In reality, these schools have less than 50% minority students. This amendment will ensure that such schools will be penalised if they do not follow the Act. The government should also ensure strict implementation,” he added.


Live Mint, 22 August, 2012, http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_minority-schools-cant-dodge-rte_1731060


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