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Just 8% schools in India comply with Right to Education Act, says study

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In addition to vacant posts, the study suggest that almost 20 per cent of teachers in India are untrained.

New Delhi: Only 8 per cent schools across the country comply with the provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, according to a study by a civil society group on implementation of the act.

RTE forum, the civil society coalition working on Right To Education, today organised the 8th National Stocktaking Convention with over 10,000 NGO members from across 20 states.

According to the study, India’s spending on education is less than 3 per cent of GDP, compared to its obligation of spending 6 per cent; and its per capita spending on education is approximately four times less than the spending incurred by middle income countries.

And while vacancies for the posts of teachers remains to be a serious issue, the study suggest that almost 20 per cent of teachers in India are untrained.

The event, which brought together over 500 people from 15 states to discuss the status of education in the country, saw a national campaign being launched by the forum to make education a critical issue in the upcoming elections.

“There is a need of education for development and that while India has a range of progressive legislations, governments are lethargic in their implementation.

“While much effort has gone to frame the right to education, slow implementation risks depriving a generation of children of the basic human right to education. I regret that quality of education in India is poor and improvement in learning outcomes is unlikely without filling existing vacant teacher posts,” said Justice Madan B Lokur.

Kishore Singh, former UN special rapporteur on the Right to Education, emphasised the need for India to adhere to its international human rights obligations of delivering universal quality public education and stop profit making from education.

Former foreign secretary Muchkund Dubey also expressed his disappointment on the poor implementation of the act.

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  1. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE), is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted on 4 August 2009, which describes the modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14 in India under Article 21a of the Indian Constitution. Some online Govt Jobs tutorials is the best practice for Govt Jobs tyari.

  2. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE Act) states that all children between the ages of six and 14 have the right to elementary education (class 1-8) in a neighbouring school. It further states that no child can be detained in any class till the completion of elementary education.
    In 1993, the Supreme Court made this right into a Fundamental Right, saying it directly flowed from the Right to Life (Article 21).
    Its really hard to grab a Government jobs in India right now these days because of education quality and very high competition.
    Further, per this act, all private and non-minority unaided schools are required to have a 25% quota for students from disadvantaged groups (DGs) [Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), etc] and economically weaker sections (EWS) [income less than a certain amount], the cost for which is borne by the school and reimbursed by the State. Such schools, or RTE schools, also must adhere to minimum infrastructure levels, teacher-to-student ratios, and teacher qualifying requirements.

  3. Education remains one of the most significant duties of any government: it is a public liability to provide access to high quality education for everybody. Therefore, public investments need to make sure a good educational infrastructure for lifelong learning.

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