-Delhi RTE forum Press Release · Delhi RTE forum condemns lack of serious attention to implementing the Right to Education Act in the Manifestos of major political parties. · Delhi RTE forum demands special attention to Elementary education in the state · Demands proper implementation of the RTE ACT...
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Invest in Girls' Education to Break Cycle of Poverty: UNICEF
-Outlook New Delhi: Investing in education of girls, especially the most marginalised, is required to make progress on most social indicators in India, according to UNICEF. To mark the second International Day of the Girl Child, UNICEF today organised a meeting with top Urdu editors in the capital. Speaking at the event, Urmila Sarkar, Chief of Education UNICEF, said, "Innovation in girls education will be instrumental to female empowerment and breaking the cycle...
More »Cancer claims educationist-activist Vinod Raina
-The Hindu RTE proponent's condition deteriorated last week; he died at a Delhi hospital on Thursday Educationist Vinod Raina, who died of cancer here on Thursday, was one of the key architects of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. He was member of the expert group on ‘Monitoring of Child Rights in Education' set up by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and a sitting...
More »Inside ammo to bust graft-Santosh K Kiro
-The Telegraph ■ Pushpa Devi, a homemaker-turned-panchayat representative of Baridih block, Bokaro, used Right to Information (RTI) Act to stop illegal sale of government land ■ Vijay Yadav, a ward councillor of Koderma, ensured through RTI Act that private English-medium schools adhered to Right to Education Act provisions and enrolled poor students under reservation ■ Mukesh Rajak, a youth from Madhupur block, Deoghar, used the RTI Act to expose MGNREGS irregularities Ranchi: They...
More »‘I make child labourers, parents aware of RTE Act’
-The Hindu Right to Education Task Force completes one year Bangalore: Turning parents into Right to Education (RTE) Act activists is one achievement that Bangalore-based RTE Task Force is proud of. A stellar example is Kumar, a cab driver from Bangalore. He was among the parent-activists who attended an event organised here on Sunday to mark the completion of the one year of the RTE Task Force's functioning. Mr. Kumar, who has procured...
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