-The Hindu Draft Bill to be discussed on Tuesday After legislating the Right to Information and Education — and making a stab at the Right to Work and Food through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Food Security Act respectively — the government’s next step seems to be aimed at legally upholding the right to a home of your own. On Tuesday, a task force set up by the...
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West Bengal censor board blocks film critical of Mamata
-The Hindustan Times The Mamata Banerjee led administration came under fire yet again after a review committee of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) issued a ‘refusal of certificate’ to a film Kangal Malsat for being critical of the Trinamool government and Mamata Banerjee led movements. “The way the departure of Tata Company was shown in the film it seemed to malign or at least look down upon a significant...
More »RTE's continuing woes-Abhishek Tripathi & Mani Gupta
-The Business Standard The recent judgment of the Delhi High Court upholding the right of unaided schools to apply screening procedure for nursery admissions to unreserved category of students has brought cheer to many schools, and disappointment to social activists. The schools and many parents are relieved that the cloud of uncertainty around the admission process has withered away at least for this academic year. However, the battle is far from...
More »Separate cell for RTE to come up in child rights panel
-The Hindustan Times Bhopal: Chairperson of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) Usha Chaturvedi has said that children have constitutional right to free and compulsory education (RTE). The commission will play the role of an alert sentinel regarding implementation of these rights. She added that a separate cell would be constituted in the commission to monitor implementation of the RTE Act. Chaturvedi was addressing a one-day workshop of...
More »Federation to hold children's adalat to ensure effective RTE implementation-Vinobha KT
-The Times of India MANGALORE: As school admission season is fast approaching, organizations working in the field of education, are gearing up to hold children's adalat to ensure the implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act efficiently. The Dakshina Kannada District Federation of Education Resource Centres and many other like-minded organizations have decided to hold children's adalat, where parents may find solutions to their problems related to obtaining admissions to primary school...
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