Several schools in the capital have said that they would cover the cost of providing education to students from economically weaker sections (EWS) by hiking the fees of other students, making their parents bear the cost of teaching EWS children. According to the Right To Education (RTE) provisions, it is necessary for all schools to reserve 25% of seats for providing free education to children from EWS backgrounds. Several Delhi schools...
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Bihar's Super 30 impresses James Cameron
Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron was all ears when Anand Kumar, who founded Bihar's Super 30 free coaching centre for students, narrated the real life stories of hope that his institute has generated year after year. "Cameron told me it was amazing to listen to my real life stories of hope. He was so impressed that he hinted at using such stories with people across the world," Kumar, who shared the...
More »RTE relief for Navodaya schools by Akshaya Mukul
Navodaya Vidyalayas will be exempted from the provisions of the Right to Education Act. The two key provisions — no-screening and giving 25% reservation to children from economically weaker section — will not be applicable to 444 Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country. These schools will be treated as specified category schools. The HRD ministry had sought the opinion of former Chief Justice of India A S Anand, who said Navodaya Vidyalayas...
More »Rajasthan leads the way in ensuring right to education by Aarti Dhar
Rajasthan is racing against time to get rid of the tag of a State with poor human development indicators. At least as far as the school education is concerned, the efforts are dedicated and results expected to be positive. Keen on implementing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 in letter and spirit, the State is already way ahead in ensuring all children are in school...
More »Bengal sits on student benefits by Basant Kumar Mohanty
The Bengal government could have ensured a monthly scholarship of Rs 500 for nearly 22,000 poor schoolchildren in the state over the past three years, without any damage to its own pocket. Instead, it chose to help just about 3,000 get the scholarship.The National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship, launched in 2008-09, looks to benefit about one lakh Class IX students every year. The State Bank of India pays the entire sum, which...
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