Yes, you heard it right, private tuitions will soon become a punishable offence. Karnataka government, taking cover of the Right To Education (RTE) Act, is set to ban private tuitions run by school teachers — and that too, from this year onward s. Sources in the Department of Public Instruction told DNA that under the state’s draft rules of the RTE Act, private tuitions by school teachers would be an offence that...
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Accounts leash on private schools by Mita Mukherjee
The state government has decided to ask private schools to furnish details of their accounts to stop them from indiscriminately hiking fees. Although all private schools will be required to reveal the data, the government’s focus is on English-medium institutions as they have been frequently accused of raising fees arbitrarily. The state education department will soon send a circular to nearly 500 private English-medium schools — both unaided and partially aided (those...
More »We'll wait and talk, say ICSE schools
BANGALORE: The Management Association of ICSE Schools on Thursday decided to wait and discuss the Right To Education Act Bill with the state government, before approaching court on its implementation. After a meeting with all ICSE schools on Thursday, Mohan Manghnani, president, Association of ICSE Schools in Karnataka, told TOI that they had decided to approach the Supreme Court only as the last resort. "The association will wait for the state...
More »We'll wait and talk, say ICSE schools
The Management Association of ICSE Schools on Thursday decided to wait and discuss the Right To Education Act Bill with the state government, before approaching court on its implementation. After a meeting with all ICSE schools on Thursday, Mohan Manghnani, president, Association of ICSE Schools in Karnataka, told TOI that they had decided to approach the Supreme Court only as the last resort. "The association will wait for the state...
More »Can we have a classroom that does not have a class distinction? by Bageshree S
The 25 per cent quota in all schools envisaged by the RTE has created a big debate Do upper middle class people in a city believe that the quality of their child's education is compromised when they share classroom space with the children of construction labourers or domestic workers? This fundamental question is at the heart of the heated debate on a clause in the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act,...
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