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Judicial delay may become a thing of the past by NR Madhava Menon

The National Mission to improve the delivery of justice is at work. In October 2009, on the basis of a Vision Document adopted at a judicial conference in New Delhi, the Government of India approved in principle a National Mission to reduce pendency and delays in the judicial system and enhance accountability through structural changes, higher performance standards and capacity-building. Many past attempts to achieve the goals did not yield results...

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Soni Sori: A portrait of an unlikely "woman Maoist" by Supriya Sharma

PALNAR/SAMELI (DANTEWADA): They sat watching cartoons on TV a day after their mother was arrested in faraway Delhi on charges of acting as a conduit/courier for Maoists.  While adivasi school teacher Soni Sori faces police interrogation in Chhattisgarh for her role in an alleged pay off by Essar group to Maoists, her children, Muskaan (12), Deependera (10) and Amrita (6) are at their uncle Ramdev's house in Palnar village for a...

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Gujarat govt to provide cycles to rural students to encourage education by Paras K Jha

In a bid to implement better the 'Right to free and compulsory Education' Act (Right to Education - RTE) in the state, the education department is thinking up new ideas. The primary education department is mulling providing bicycles to those students who have to travel more than 3 kilometres to get to their schools. This provision of bicycles, however, is subject to the finance department's approval. Sources in the state education department...

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Yamunanagar may slap fine of Rs10k on erring schools by Pradeep Rai

Submit the details of admission of students from weaker sections under Right To Education (RTE) till October 30 or pay fine Rs 10,000. This is the clear cut warning from the district education department to owners of the private schools of the district. Notably, six months have passed when the RTE introduced, but only few schools have submitted their admission record. Since the RTE is applicable for the students till...

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RTE is there, but proper education still far away by Neha Pushkarna

-The Times of India About 15 non-profit organizations went around 60 schools in the city only to find that the right to education is still a distant dream for many. Provisions of the Right to education Act notwithstanding, dirty toilets, shortage of books and staff, broken benches, no playground and absenteeism are still the major issues in many Delhi government schools. The visit follows a recent order by the Central Information...

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