-The Indian Express A magazine published by a trust headed by a senior RSS leader claims to have become the most widely circulated periodical for children in the country. The sudden swell in readership is thanks to the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, which has taken a lifelong subscription of Devputra for primary and Secondary Schools. The circulation has leapfrogged to 3,71,438. The state education centre paid the trust, Saraswati Bal Kalyan...
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Lack of school infrastructure makes a mockery of RTE by Aarti Dhar
Two years after the ambitious Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 came into being, 95.2 per cent of schools are not yet compliant with the complete set of RTE infrastructure indicators, a civil society survey nationwide shows. And a shockingly high percentage, 93, of teacher candidates failed in the National Teacher Eligibility Test conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education in 2010-11. In 2009-10, the failure...
More »School slapped with show-cause notice for RTE violation
-The Times of India The education department on Thursday slapped a show-cause notice to Sofia Senior Secondary Girls' School for violating norms under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. The show-cause notice was served after the department investigated complaints of a parent who said many girls studying below Class VIII were not promoted to the next class. The department found the complaints to be true but the school said saying parents of...
More »Record sum allocated to school education-Meera Srinivasan
Free uniform and notebooks; compulsory for schools to reserve 25% seats for children from poor sections The State Budget gives a major boost to school education, with the government earmarking a record sum of Rs.14,553 crore for it — the highest ever allocation made to any department in Tamil Nadu. The school education department will also focus on increasing enrolments and arresting drop-out rates, Finance Minister O. Panneerselvam told the Assembly...
More »Budget 2012: Over 21% hike in Right to Education funds
-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...
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