-The Deccan Herald Urges all chief ministers to ensure proper implementation of the Act The Centre on Thursday directed the states to ensure that educational institutions falling under the ambit of the Right to Education (RTE) Act adhere to its recommendations. “Implement and monitor admission of children from disadvantaged groups and weaker sections u/s 12(1)(c) in all unaided non-minority schools,” wrote Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal, in a letter to...
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The Right to Learn
-Economic and Political Weekly Two years after the Right to Education Act, the government needs to focus on quality. Two years is perhaps too short a period in which to assess how effective the groundbreaking Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 (RTE), which came into effect on 1 April 2010, has been in raising standards of education in a country as diverse as India. The very fact that...
More »India's fish, foodgrain production scene bright
-The Times of India The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) is upbeat about fish and foodgrain production during the 12th Five Year Plan (FYP) period. While the current fish production - marine and inland is about 12 million tonnes and foodgrain production touched 250 million tonnes in last fiscal, ICAR's projection for fish production in 2017, when 12th FYP ends is 15-16 million tonnes. Foodgrain production target of the nation...
More »Beyond the Right to Education lies a school of hard knocks by Aruna Sankaranarayanan
The Supreme Court's recent mandate that private unaided non-minority schools should reserve 25 per cent of seats for underprivileged children is being hailed as a landmark ruling. The spirit of the decision is indeed laudable as it reflects the egalitarian ethos of the Right to Education (RTE) Act. Thus, as private schools open their doors to children from marginalised sections of society, the government pats itself on the back for...
More »Disabled pin hopes on RTE Act-Vasudha Venugopal
Accessible curriculum, teacher training a must in schools, say activists Poorva Subramanium is barely 10 years old, but has learnt an important lesson in life — not to trouble her parents when they come out of the schools they have been visiting these days. “It is frustrating. No school wants to admit her. She is good at shapes, colours and can also read,” says her mother, showing her report card from...
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