The task of positive disciplining will be trickier for the new age teachers, who are already grappling with the new found malaise of increasing student aggression on teachers.  With “corporal punishment” and “mental harassment” punishable under the new Right to education Act, many educators are left nonplussed.  Yes, most of them believe sparing the rod need not necessarily spoil the child, but how can teachers abdicate their prime responsibility of shaping young...

54 children eligible for primary schooling from these families prefer private schools Across the country, doors of even private schools are set to open for the weaker sections, thanks to the Right to education Act, but here is a government primary school run by a local body in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu that does not have a single Dalit student. Even though there are Dalit communities in areas such as Pachayankadu...

In upholding the Right to Free and Compulsory education for all Children, commonly known as the Right to education (RTE), the Supreme Court signalled the beginning of a new approach to education. It marks a shift from the current institution-centric system to one that puts children and their interests at the core.  Most important, it is recognition of the pivotal role that education plays in a person's life, and that every...

-The Economic Times The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to education (RTE) Act. Constitutional validity does not mean sense - after all, being stupid is not illegal. Public opinion is most exercised about all schools, even those that get no aid from government, being asked to provide 25% of their seats free to poor students.  The court has pronounced this a blow for affirmative action. Private schools...

Delhi HC seeks explanation for failure to distribute 1.2 crore free books in MCD and government schools It is the season for Delhi’s Right to education (RTE) violations to come tumbling out, one after the other. Just two weeks after CRY’s status report on the implementation of RTE in Delhi, which exposed several irregularities, there are still more pouring out. The Delhi High Court on Friday lashed out at the Delhi...