-The Times of India MUMBAI: A day after a notification about the amendment to the Right to Education (RTE) Act was released on the government website, unaided minority schools are busy planning their next move. This amendment clearly states that only theological schools are off the RTE hook, while the rest, including unaided minority schools, will have to follow even the 25% reservation clause under RTE. While most are still waiting...
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Minority schools can't dodge RTE-Puja Pednekar
-DNA Now, even private minority unaided schools will have to take in 25% children from the weaker sections. The central government has issued a notification enforcing the latest amendment in the existing Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (2009). Following the notification, the state will soon enforce the amendment across all schools except theological schools such as madrassas and vedic pathshalas. DNA had exclusively reported about the amendment on August...
More »Education watchdog-Omar Rashid
-The Hindu A new website that will keep track of how far the RTE Act is being implemented RTE forum, the 10,000 strong NGO and civil society platform working for the implementation of the RTE Act, has finally launched its website. As part of the RTE forum’s agenda of formalising its structure, the website aims at strengthening the forum's existing state chapters and forming new ones. Mr. Ambarish Rai, RTE forum National...
More »95% schools don't comply with RTE guidelines
-IANS Over two years after the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) was notified by the central government , more than 95% of schools in the country do not comply with its guidelines, a study by an NGO has found. Data compiled by RTE forum with inputs from its members from across the country points out that only one out of 10 schools in 2010-11 had drinking...
More »RTE stock taking-Aaditi Isaac
To take stock of the status of the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act and to identify issues that need urgent attention, a convention was held by the RTE forum. AMBARISH RAI, national convenor, RTE forum talks to Aaditi Isaac The deadline for the implementation of the RTE Act is fast approaching, where do we stand? This Act was made for 250 million children. After two years of the...
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