-The Times of India BOLPUR/NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister's office on Monday took serious note of an incident where a Class-V student of Visva-Bharati's Patha Bhavan school was forced to lick her urine as punishment for bedwetting. The PM is the university's chancellor and his office has asked for a report. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights too has slapped a notice on the state government asking for a...
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Some schools don't spare the cane, RTE ban on corporal punishment only on paper-Garima Prasher
'No child shall be subjected to physical punishment and mental harassment', says clause 17, Chapter IV of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act. During a visit last week to a government school in JC Nagar, a group of 20 bare-footed children were seen practising 'attention' and 'stand at ease'. The Kannada medium students were intimidated not so much by the English commands as the trainer brandishing...
More »Housing apartheid flourishes in Delhi-Sowmiya Ashok & Mohammad Ali
-The Hindu Finding a home to rent in India's national capital is an arduous task for anyone - but, an investigation by The Hindu has found, almost impossible for citizens who happen to be Muslim. Homeowners and property dealers contacted by reporters often firmed up deals, only to be disqualified as soon as they revealed their religion. Housing apartheid was at its worst in New Delhi’s most affluent and educated neighbourhoods: New...
More »RTE does not make it clear what constitutes neighbourhood school: Madras HC
-PTI The Madras High Court has observed that the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education ( RTE) Act does not make it clear as to what constitutes a neighbourhood school. "If there is more than one school in a neighbourhood, to which institution the parent can have the choice, which authority can direct admission to such school and who will supervise the admission is not clear," justice K Chandru said. The...
More »Govt initiates relief scheme for HIV/AIDS patients, kin
-The Indian Express Delhi has become the first state to provide financial assistance to poor people who are undergoing anti-retroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS. All patients will be provided lifelong assistance of Rs 1,000 per month, while children who were either orphaned after their Parents died of AIDS; or abandoned by Parents suffering from HIV/AIDS, will be given a monthly assistance of Rs 2,050. Children infected by HIV/AIDS will be given a monthly...
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