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TopicRight to Education

Topic: Right to Education

India’s draft education policy isn’t a conservative conspiracy. But it may never take off

Yogendra Yadav -
In the last five years, Narendra Modi government has walked in the opposite direction to the one recommended in this policy document.

Tripura govt offers to pay for private schooling of 3,000 below-poverty-line students

PTI -
State education minister Ratan Lal Nath said the government will pay for the education of children of BPL families if they wished to study in private schools from the next academic year.

20 lakh seats reserved in private schools for poor children but only 20% get filled

Kritika Sharma -
Report reveals that few private schools have fulfilled this mandatory condition under the RTE Act, and state govts haven’t cracked the whip.

To fix India’s education system, we need good action plans not policies

Anil Swarup -
India is too diverse to consider a single mandate by way of education policy for the entire country.

We have failed our children by removing no-detention clause from RTE

Somya Dimri -
The move will increase the economic and social inequalities by pushing children from vulnerable backgrounds out of the school system.

In elementary govt schools, a third of teachers don’t have the required teaching degree

Kritika Sharma -
The worst performer is Bihar, where 72 per cent of the teachers are untrained, followed by Assam (64%) and Madhya Pradesh (57%).

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

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

Punish parents for not sending kids to school: govt panel

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
 A government panel has recommended the need to re-evaluate the Right to Education to ensure parents face action for not sending their children to school.
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Pia Krishnankutty -
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Economy

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

ThePrint Team -
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Defence

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

ThePrint Team -
He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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