On November 11, 2011, a big campaign was launched to make citizens of India aware of the Right to Education Act. The campaign has the potential to engage citizens in demanding their rights. Hopefully, the effort will also push the government at different levels to prepare to provide the “rights” as envisaged by the law. At the core of the law is a “guarantee” — a guarantee for quality, free and...
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On Children's Day, NCPCR sends an appeal to teachers by Aarti Dhar
Ensure full compliance with Right to Free Education Act Evoking the spirit of Children's Day, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has appealed to teachers to ensure full compliance with the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. In a message to the “numerous officials in the Education Department, head teachers and teachers of all the 600 districts in the country,” NCPCR chairperson Shantha Sinha said:...
More »Putting Growth In Its Place by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen
It has to be but a means to development, not an end in itself Is India doing marvellously well, or is it failing terribly? Depending on whom you speak to, you could pick up either of those answers with some frequency. One story, very popular among a minority but a large enough group—of Indians who are doing very well (and among the media that cater largely to them)—runs something like...
More »PM ‘magic wand’ for kids by Basant Kumar Mohanty
Come November 11, the students at India’s 13 lakh government schools will receive a message from the Prime Minister. “Education gave me a new life,” it will say. “Education is the magic wand that can help us meet any challenge.” The written piece will be read out in the assembly at each school on that day, observed as National Education Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s first education minister, Maulana...
More »The RTEs of passage by Rukmini Banerji & Michael Walton
India has achieved close to universal enrolment. The small proportion of children who are still out of school, the hardest to reach, will be pulled in by the efforts emanating from the Right to Education (RTE) Act. Now we must focus on the next challenge, a massive and less visible one, that of ensuring that every child gets an effective education of good quality. Schools must give children a real...
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