Right to Education in India
On 1st April, 2010, the Government of India established a historic law, termed as the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act. Right to Education is now a fundamental right in India. As its name suggests, the purpose of this Act is to ensure that free and compulsory education is imparted to all children who are within the age group spanning 6-14 years.
The Act enables every child in India to have a right to free elementary education. Further, private educational institutions will be required to reserve 25% of their seats for children from weaker sections of the society. To implement this Act, the Finance Commission has provided Rs 25,000 crores to various states in India.
Right to Education Through State Governments
Right to education in India makes it obligatory for the state governments as well as local bodies to make sure that every child gets education in the nearby local school. About one crore children in India do not attend schools and have no idea what this right to education means. However, these children will now be enrolled in schools even if they had never attended school before or had dropped out previously.
The local school management committees will identify these children and allot tthem to classes that are appropriate to their age, after providing them with special training. The UPA government, under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi, is taking all the credit for passing the Right To Education Act, following Right To Information Act and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
@Rizwan, thank you for the suggestion. The Right to Education Act has just come into force and therefore, many of its intricate details will have to be decoded to understand how it will affect actual admission process of these children. We will continue writing articles to explain its actual scope and pitfalls. In fact, do read the latest that we have written on Right to Education: The Case of Assam.
@Vishal, yes, we have pinned our expectations on this Act but as you rightly pointed out, its implementation will have many gaps that need to be plugged before we can call it a success.
@Noufel, of course, implementation of this Act holds the key to its success. That is the area where most of the challenges will emerge.
RTE is a very commendable piece of legislation but as the saying goes "proof of the pudding is in the eating". It all depends on how the law is implemented and whether it would achieve any of the objectives or whether it would turn out to be just a token gesture.
Right to education ACT is truly a step towards more civilized India. Is this ACT rolling out effective upcoming academic session? I hope reserved quota of 25% will be filled out fairly enough such that right people can gain benefits out. Can you please post a url covering the entire law in detail? I am just curious to know what all documents does a parents should have top get their kid get benefit of.
RTE a bill dat has raised so many hopes and questions......The major question is that in a country where people do not have job opportunities this act in coming future be able can lead to a country which is full of skilled unemployed people.The second problem about this bill is That can the government implement it properly fighting with courroupt system..Well if this bill proves to be a success then we can be the superpower undoubtedly
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