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National consultation of experts on Dec 21 to take stock of RTE implementation
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With a number of States facing constraints in implementing the historic Right to Education (RTE) Act, various stakeholders, including academics, policy makers and education experts, will share a podium here on December 21 to deliberate on innovative policy ideas aimed at universalizing quality education for all children.

The experts, coming together at a national conference, will also discuss in detail the critical issues plaguing the Indian education sector, especially for children from disadvantaged sections of the society. The meet will provide a platform to the government and other stakeholders to take stock of the RTE and the challenges and pitfalls that bedevil its implementation.

The day-long conference at Indian Habitat Centre, titled 'Catalysing Education for All: Intention, Innovation, and Implementation', is being organized by Centre for Civil Society (CCS) under its ongoing School Choice Campaign that empowers children to select schools of their choice.

The landmark legislation, which was enforced from April 1, 2010, makes education free and compulsory for children in the 6-14 age groups across the nation.

While implementing the RTE, the States have been facing a slew of challenges and constraints, like generating resources, providing mechanism to enforce 25 per cent for children from economically weaker sections in private schools (Clause 12) and meeting recognition norms for Budget Private Schools (Fees charged between 100-500 per student per month as envisaged in Clause 19). Building capacity of School Management Committees (Clause 21), finding and training qualified teachers, and providing admission of children in age- appropriate class (Clause 4) have also proved roadblocks.

India has an estimated 400 million children under the age of 18, and over 240 million of these are between the ages of 6 and 14. Although 95% of these children are enrolled in primary schools, only 45% finish their elementary education and only 28.4 per cent complete secondary education.

"It is important that stakeholders engage in extensive dialogue, rooted in their experience and observations, to help evolve a common vision for the way forward," says CCS President Parth J Shah on the effort to bring leading experts on the same platform for the national consultation.

Besides 'Implementation of RTE: One Year After'; the conference will have on its agenda a wide spectrum of issues, including 'Secondary Education: Renewed Objectives'; 'Public Private Partnerships: Building sustainable models'; and 'Disruptive Innovation in Education: Looking to technology'.

Inspired by Clayten Christensen's book Disrupting Class- Changing the way the world learns, the conference will examine aspects of classroom teaching, solutions for last mile delivery and meeting challenges of scale.

``While primary enrolment rates in India cross the 95% mark, the challenge of retaining these children and seeing them progress to secondary school remains. Though secondary education lies outside the scope of RTE, it holds the promise of innovation to evolve a framework that would be directly relevant to the needs of the rapidly evolving market in India.

"The ambitious RMSA (Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan) is being launched by the central government to give this impetus to secondary education. Current trends in secondary education point to possible vocationalisation and more effervescent private participation. Conversations around international assessment tools become relevant for quality and to contextualise India's education globally,'' said Mr Shah.

The list of speakers, who will be attending the conference, includes Mr Anil Swarup, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Labour and Employment; Mr Dilip Chenoy, MD & CEO, National Skill Development Corporation; Mr Amit Kaushik, Chief Operating Officer of Educomp Infrastructure and Schools Management Ltd; Ms Geeta Kingdon, Faculty of Policy and Society Institute of Education, University of London; Mr Karthik Muralidharan, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California; Mr Sudhir Mankad, Former Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat; Ms Maya Menon, Founder Director, The Teacher Foundation; Mr Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology; and Mr R Sridhar, Managing Director, Educational Initiatives.