-ANI   The U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs report indicating that India is not a safe place for the girl child hit the headlines in many newspapers and news channels in the country.   Indian society has been known for its preference for the male child.   Among the 150 countries surveyed, including countries classified as LDR (Less Developed Regions), India has the highest rate of female child mortality.   According to this new data -...

Today is 20th March and it was this day in 2009 when the new form of Right to Information Act (RTI Act) was enacted in J&K by Omar Abdullah led Government soon after coming to power. Prior to 2009 we had an RTI law passed by PDP Congress coalition Government headed by Mufti Mohammad Syeed in 2004 (J&K RTI Act 2004). The 2004 version of RTI Act was much weaker...

-IANS Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday announced a hike of over 21 per cent in the budget allocation for providing free and compulsory education to children below 14 years.  "I proposed an increase in allocation by 21.7 per cent for RTE ( Right to Education) -Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to Rs.25,555 crore," Mukherjee said in parliament.  The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is implemented in partnership with state governments and covers nearly 192 million children across...

-The Times of India A prominent private school in the city was found conducting admission tests of students of class I on Thursday for allegedly violating the Right to Education (RTE) Act. Acting on the orders of the District Education Officer (DEO) and the intervention of the District Project Coordinator (DPC), the written exam was cancelled and a notice was served to the school for the same.  On Thursday, St Joesph's Co-ed...

-PTI The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the central government to respond to a plea for amendment to the Right To Education (RTE) Act to make it recognize homebased studies and alternate schooling too as education, besides the one acquired through formal schooling. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the central government's standing counsel Jatan Singh to file the response...