The Constitution Amendment Act, 2002 inserted Article 21-A to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right.The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which represents the consequential legislation envisaged under Article 21-A, means that every child has […]
Big Dreams!
Karnataka: Small town government – school students are working towards ensuring that their school meets the infrastructure norms of the RTE Act. They don’t sit back and complain about what they don’t have, instead they play a big role in identifying the gaps and look to ways of improving their status. Can this model and attitude to bring in change […]
Budget Allocation for education
The 2013 budget has an allocation for education with a hike of 7% over the previous year. Should the emphasis be on the allocation or the actual expenditure of the Government on education and related initiatives? The Right to Education, Sarva Siksha Abhyan along with a plethora of similar schemes are all good plans on […]
Be the change you would like to see!
Interesting to note that the poor and the deprived when provided access to resources, specially educational resources try to make the best possible use of it. In a field visit near Bangalore one kid from Class 7, said that he could repay the help done by ‘Padhaai’ in 3 years time as he was sure to get […]
Ignorance!
http://righttoeducation.in/karnataka-schools-misguide-naive-parents-seeking-rte-quota There are several others like Chand Pasha who are neither aware of the schemes launched by the Government, nor understand the privileges that RTE can bestow upon them. There are several who are not aware that Government provides scholarships to high school students if they have been attending school regularly. Textbooks are distributed free […]
Building secondary education capacity
“The current ‘Literacy Centric’ system within the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan has lowered the status of the teacher and therefore the worst qualified people have landed the most important jobs in the country ( i.e Training our children ). It needs to be understood that no amount of computerization can replace the teacher who provides us […]