The state government has failed to rationalise teachers in proportion to the number of students in its schools as specified in the Right to Education Act. As a result the release of funds from the Centre to the state is being delayed. The Centre had recently expressed its willingness to release its share of `400 crore to the state to implement the RTE. But the teacher-student ratio in many schools is...
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RTE: UP to teach 95,000 out-of-school children by Tarannum Manjul
The state government has decided to create special training centres for out-of-school children as part of implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act. The Department of Basic Education has already created the detailed proposal for these centres, which has been duly approved by the Centre. These centres will be providing special training to about 95,000 children, aged between 6 to 14 years, who are not enrolled in schools. Retired teachers...
More »Rural reforms : The lessons for India to be learnt from China by Saurav Singh
India and China Two largest populated countries of the world and next door neighbors; though greatly different in their cultures, lifestyles and most important pace of growth. Maintaining an edge over India in the manufacturing sector and urban infrastructure development, China is also not lagging behind in the rural development sector. China feeds 21% of the world population with only 9% of the world arable land. The 2nd largest populated country has to...
More »ABIDe group to review RTE Act implementation
Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure and Development (ABIDe) has formed a working group to review and discuss implementation of the Right To Education (RTE) Act. The working group will initially consist of MP and convener of ABIDe task force, Rajeev Chandrasekhar; managing trustee of Admya Chetana, Tejaswini Ananth Kumar; ABIDe task force member Ashwin Mahesh; and chief mentor, Sikshana foundation, E S Ramamurthy. Few more members will join the group shortly. The working...
More »India’s real scandal by Ashoke Chatterjee
Exposed, untreated excrement can kill by the million. One of the hardest-won UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is a 2015 target of halving the proportion of those without sustainable access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. Even if achieved, the target would still leave some 500 million on the planet without this basic requirement for survival and dignity. As many as 79 per cent of rural and 46 per...
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