While the landmark Right to Education Act takes the promise of primary education to more than eight million children, there are still many lacunae on the ground. But, as the Shiksha Adhikar Yatra, conducted by Dalit organisations in UP and Rajasthan showed, citizens now have the tools to demand and receive effective governance. The landmark right to information act has made a huge impact at the local level on the...
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‘Right to Education Act a potent tool to curb child labour'
Education for all, concerted efforts to reduce poverty, enhancement of social protection and political commitment have been identified as some of the measures to tackle child labour. On the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour on Saturday, several agencies including the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), International Labour Organisation, UNICEF, UNESCO and the corporate sector hailed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE)...
More »Ban employment of kids in agriculture: NGO
As the nation observes World Day Against Child Labour Saturday, NGO Child Rights and You (CRY) Friday said that unless agriculture is brought under the ambit of the child labour law, eradicating child labour as a whole will be a futile attempt. 'Agriculture accounts for as many as nearly 70 percent of India's 17 million child labourers, but is not included in the list of 16 occupations and 65 processes...
More »RTE bill now goes up by Rs 60,000 cr by Anubhuti Vishnoi
The Right to Education, in effect since April 1, is set to cost the Centre a staggering 2,31,000 crore over the next five years according to fresh estimates. Previous estimates drawn up by National University of Education Planning & Administration (NUEPA) — the basis of financial planning for the RTE’s provisions so far — had pegged the requirement at Rs 1,71,000 crore. In a note submitted to the Expenditure Finance...
More »Road to riches: Better connectivity changes rural landscape by Prachi Marwah
Children of a remote north-east village Dibrual Dehingio Gaon are now studying in nearby English medium schools, 40 people of Padamunda village in Orissa are employed in transportation business in nearby town and habitants of flood-prone regions of Bihar are no longer starving during rainy seasons; thanks to construction of rural roads under country’s flagship programme Bharat Nirman. Better connectivity has pushed up agricultural income in rural India by 17.6%...
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