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State frames regulations for implementation of RTE Act by Swati Shinde Gole


The state government has defined regulations for the implementation of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, in all schools in the state. After a cabinet decision earlier this month, the state government had decided to extend primary education up to std VIII, to allow 25 per cent students from economically backward class in to private schools, etc.

Minister of school education, Rajendra Darda, said, "The rules have to be implemented in the state for the benefit of the common man. A proper mechanism needs to be developed in order to implement the act across the state."

According to the new norms, every school has to form a management committee and 75 per cent of the committee's members have to be parents of students. The remaining 25 per cent have to be local government representatives, school management members, the principal, senior teachers, educationists and child development specialists. All the members have to be elected. The regulations also say that the chairman of the management committee has to be appointed by the local government and parents.

The regulations have also reserved 25 per cent of the seats in private schools for economically backward students. "A separate order regarding this rule will be issued soon," Darda said. The government will create a new budget allocation for the act's implementation in the state.

The RTE Act, which endorses free and compulsory education for children aged 6-14, was enacted in 2009, and has since been implemented in 12 states. The Union government implemented the act in the country from April 1, and each state government had to frame the regulations to implement the act in their respective state.

The principal of a city-based school, on the condition of anonymity, said, "The orders from state government have to be followed by everyone. If the government has laid certain rules, there is no way to avoid them. As far as the 25 per cent reservation for economically backward students in private schools is concerned, it is solely the decision of the management to accept the rule."

Reservations on the act's provisions had delayed its implementation in the state. With the state cabinet approving the rules, the final hurdle in its implementation has been cleared.