In an attempt to expedite the implementation of the RTE Act (Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act), the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved revision of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), which is regarded as a flagship programme to universalise elementary education across the country. A revised SSA that is aligned with the RTE norms is expected to be the main vehicle for the...

The must debated Right to Education (RTE) Act has raised several questions with regards to its overall impact on the education system in the country. In order to put the Act in the right perspective so that all the stakeholders — schools, teachers, families, parents, children, and civil society —understand its provisions better, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Karnataka, will jointly start a campaign withfocus...

The Karnataka Unaided Schools Managements' Association (KUSMA) submitted its suggestions on Wednesday for amending the government's Right To Education ( RTE) draft. One suggestion highlighted by KUSMA is responsibility of the school to ensure 'out of school' or 'drop-out' children are given special training to integrate them into class. "Responsibility will burden educational institutions with a social obligation to implement for which they lack necessary resources," the release said. It...

The challenge to the validity of the much-hyped Right to Education (RTE) Act mandating free and compulsory education for children was on Monday admitted for hearing by the Supreme Court and referred for adjudication to a five- judge constitution Bench. A Bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar found the petition filed by an association of Jaipur-based private unaided schools raising constitutional...

Union Human Resources Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said the Centre will not budge on provisions of the Right to Education Act (RTE) including the neighbourhood school concept. “There is no question of relaxing any provision. Poor students need an opportunity to study in schools in their neighbourhood,” Sibal told reporters here. The Union Minister was in the City to deliver the Vithal N Chandavarkar Memorial Lecture on ‘Empowerment through Education’...