Why rte act

The Right to Education Act provides for rational deployment of teachers by ensuring that the specified Pupil-Teacher-Ratio is maintained in every school with no urban-rural imbalance whatsoever. It also mandates appointing appropriately trained teachers i.

The Right to Education Act prohibits all kinds of physical punishment and mental harassment, discrimination based on gender, caste, class and religion, screening procedures for admission of children capitation fee, private tuition centres, and functioning of unrecognised schools. While the enactment of the Right to Education Act triggered significant improvements, concerns regarding the privatisation of education remain.

Educational inequalities have held a strong ground in India for many years. While the Right to Education Act offers the first step towards an inclusive education system in India, effective implementation of the same still remains to be a challenge. The Right to Education Act provides for the development of a curriculum, which would ensure the all-around development of every child.

The Right to Education Act mandates that no child can be held back or expelled from school till Class 8. To improve the performances of children in schools, the Right to Education Act introduced the Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation CCE system in to ensure grade-appropriate learning outcomes in schools.

Another reason why this system was initiated was to evaluate every aspect of the child during their time in school so that gaps could be identified and worked on well in time. School Management Committees SMCs play a crucial role in strengthening participatory democracy and governance in elementary education.

All schools covered under the Right to Education Act are obligated to constitute a School Management Committee comprising of a headteacher, local elected representative, parents, community members etc. The committees have been empowered to monitor the functioning of schools and to prepare a school development plan. The Right to Education Act is justiciable and is backed by a Grievance Redressal GR mechanism that allows people to take action against non-compliance of provisions of the Right to Education Act Section 4 of the RTI Act is a proactive disclosure section mandating all public authorities to share information with citizens about their functioning.

Since schools are public authorities, compliance to Section 4 was demanded. The Right to Education Act mandates for all private schools to reserve 25 per cent of their seats for children belonging to socially disadvantaged and economically weaker sections. This provision of the Act is aimed at boosting social inclusion to provide for a more just and equal nation.

Why should we support Education for Girls? About 31 million girls across the globe do not have access to primary education. Equality in the sexes in terms of their access to education and health has an intrinsic value in its own light. In India, the total enrolment in primary schools in India during the year was 1, 97, where only 95, of them were girls. Young girls in India are often forced to or voluntarily drop out of schools since they either have to look after their younger siblings or have to contribute to the household chores.

Centres opened by Oxfam India in different areas in priority and priority plus states help both schools going and non-school going kids to be at par with the school curriculum. The non-school going kids are prepared so that they are able to appear for the admission tests in schools and get enrolled in an age-appropriate class.

A child who was unable to read or write is also taught in a manner that suits his interests leading to maximum learning. If a child fails or is unable to clear her tests or exams she becomes demotivated to continue her studies. RTE Act provides for 25 per cent reservation of seats in un-aided schools for children from economically weaker sections.

The children get free education and schools are compensated for the expenses. Alleging violation of Right to Education RTE Act , an educational rights group has threatened to move court against the Thane Municipal Corporation TMC after seven English-medium schools under the civic body were allegedly found charging fees. The biggest culprit of all is the pitiful infrastructure of schools. The schools lack basic facilities lack separate toilets for children, or drinkable water, especially in rural areas.

Quality of education remains another serious concern, which the act has failed to recognize. The Act also remains silent on corporal punishment, which is rampant in Indian schools as every three out of four students have been estimated to be physically abused by teachers and the school staff as per UNICEF reports.

Studies have indicated a direct positive correlation between the rate of absenteeism and corporal punishment. The shortage of qualified teachers also feeds into a skewed student classroom ratio, which goes to as high as 65 students per teacher as compared to the RTE mandated ratio, with larger class sizes reducing cognitive functioning.

The Act covers students belonging to the age group of years, while elementary education starts way early at the age of 2.

The Act offers a provision to admit students to appropriate classes as per their age; however, it fails to offer bridge courses for elementary education, leading to wider disparities in learning outcomes for these children. The admission process delays also create further barriers for students, with the well-funded private schools, having means and connections to deny admissions under the Act despite multiple attempts from supporting groups and activists. The kids admitted in private schools under the Act are exposed to a different standard of living, which may create a sense of inferiority and insecurity.

Various activists working for the proper implementation of the Act reveal that students admitted under the Act are often segregated into separate classes, with a few schools even scheduling their classes in the evening, which hampers the intention of the Act to a great extent.

Even though the Act makes the government reimburse a fixed per-child cost, the provision for the deficit between the actual fees and the reimbursement is not covered by any government agency, which edges private schools to unfairly deny admissions to students. Additionally, the cost of overheads like uniforms, books, and stationery is not entirely covered by the government forcing parents to not admit their students to private schools, reducing their possible exposure to a better quality of learning.

Another big loophole is the automatic promotion of students till class 8, which has been placed to reduce the rate of dropouts. Hence, the role of formal examination has been significantly reduced, promoting indolence and insincerity amongst students.

It removes any incentives for students to improve or even to behave with a modicum of restraint. The Act also requires the formation of mandatory School Management Committees for every government and aided school consisting mostly of parents, charged with the responsibility of managing school operations.

A lack of requisite skills and time to commit to the program, along with possible clashes with existing management structures, make the requirement highly convoluted.