-The Indian Express New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Delhi government and CAG on a PIL alleging that private unaided schools in Delhi had been submitting incorrect data on enrolment and receipt of fee. The special bench of Justice BD Ahmad and Justice Sidharth Mridul, which has been monitoring the issue of fee in private unaided schools in Delhi, issued notice to the Department of Education,...
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In Pune, 95 per cent schools don't meet all 10 RTE norms -Ardhra Nair
-The Indian Express Pune: Around 95.5 per cent schools in Pune district don't comply with the 10 infrastructural parameters under Right To Education (RTE) Act, 2009. This was revealed in the District Information System for Education (DISE) report for 2012-13 prepared by the education department. Of the 6,849 schools in Pune district, only 308 schools fulfil all RTE parameters. Even worse is that barely 289 schools comply with less that five norms....
More »Centre for extending MDM to backward dists -Akshaya Mukul
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Government's failure to run the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme smoothly in the government schools has not stopped it from proposing to extend the programme to cover 25% children of private schools in SC, ST and minority-concentrated districts. Initially, the idea was criticized within the HRD ministry and now both the finance ministry and the Planning Commission have put a spanner in the proposal. Sources in the...
More »Delhi govt asked why EWS not given free textbooks
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought a reply from Delhi government on a petition accusing it of failing to provide free books and uniforms to students belonging to economically weaker sections in unaided private schools which is in violation of right to education. Issuing notice to the Delhi government and its education department, a division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath...
More »Advantages and disadvantages of RTE Act-Mohamed Imranullah S
-The Hindu Madurai: No end to doubts raised and clarifications provided with respect to the Act even after three years The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009 stipulates that private schools reserve 25 per cent of seats at the entry level for children belonging to ‘disadvantaged groups' and ‘weaker sections'. The Central Act originally defined a ‘child belonging to a disadvantaged group' as one belonging to...
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