Act educational rights.pdf

Educational rights

1. Submitted to : Dr. George Varghese

2. AkhilaM
AkhilaPrabhakaran
AleenaR
AmithaRaghunathan
( Physical Science )

4. Therighttoeducationislegallyguaranteedforall
withoutanydiscrimination.
Stateshavetheobligationtoprotect,respectand
fulfilltherighttoeducation.
Therearewaystoholdstatesaccountablefor
violationsordeprivationsoftherighttoeducation.

5. Todaytherighttoeducationisstilldenied
tomillionsaroundtheworld.
Aroughversionofthedraftwasfirst
preparedintheyear2005andwasmetwith
alotofcriticism.

6. “TheRTEactisthefirstlegislationintheworldthat
putstheresponsibilityofensuringenrolment
attendanceandcompletiononthegovernment.Itisthe
parent’sresponsibilitytosendthechilderntoschoolsin
theUSandothercountries.”
-Sam Carlson ( The World Bank
education specialist for India)

7. RTEactcomesunderArticle21-Ainsertedin
fundamentalrightasper86
th
constitutional
amendment,2002.
Rightofchildrentofreeandcompulsoryeducation
Act(RTE)enactedbytheparliamenton4August
2009.
cameintoforceon1April2010.
“Thestateshallprovidefreeandcompulsory
educationtoallchildrenoftheageof6to14years
insuchamannerasthestatemay,bylaw,
determine.”

8. Freeeducationisdefinedasfreedom
fromliabilitytopayanyfeetothe
schoolandsuchoftheexpencesasmay
belikelytopreventthechildfrom
participatinginandcompleting
elementaryeducation.

9. Compulsoryeducationdefinedasthe
obligationofthestatetotakeall
necessarystepstoensurethatevery
childparticipatesin,andcompletes
elementaryeducation.

10. 1.RTEActprovidestoeverychildoftheageof6to
14yearstherighttofreeandcompulsory
educationinaneighbourhoodschooltillthe
completionofelementaryeducation.
2.Itspecifiesthedutiesandresponsibilitiesof
appropriategovernments,localauthorityand
parentsinprovidingfreeandcompulsory
education.

11. 3.Itlaysdownthenormsandstandardstopupil
teacherratios,infrastructure,workingdaysand
teacherworkinghours.
4.Itprovidesforrationaldeploymentofteachersby
ensuringthatthespecifiedpupilteacherratiois
maintainedforeachschool.
5.Itprovidesforappointmentofappropriately
trainedteachers,ie;teacherswiththerequisite
entryandacademicqualification.

12. 6.Itprovidesfordevelopmentofcurriculumin
consonancewiththevaluesenshrinedinthe
constitution.
7.Achildwhocompleteselementaryeducationshall
beawardedacertificate.
8.Ithasopenedthedoorsofprivateschools,by
making25%oftheseatsreservedforthechildren
belongingtothebackwardclassandeconomically
backwardsections.
9.Theactbanscorporalpunishment.

13. 10.Itbansthescreeningprocedureofchildrenfor
givingadmission.Nochild'sadmissioncanbe
rejectedonthebasisofunavailabilityofthe
requireddocuments.
11.Itmakesprovisionsfornon-admittedchildtobe
admittedtoanageappropriateclass.
12.Itprohibitsphysicalpunishmentandmental
harassment,screeningprocedureforadmissionof
children,capitationfee,privatetuitionbyteachers
andrunningofschoolswithoutrecognition.

14. EducationintheIndianconstitutionisaconcurrent
issueandbothcentreandstatescanlegislateonthe
issue.Theactlaysdownspecificresponsibilitiesfor
thecentre,stateandlocalbodiesforits
implementation.

15. Ignoranceamongteachersandguardians
abouttheprovisionsofRTEAct.
Development ofspecialtraining
programmes.
Preparationofrelevantteachinglearning
materials.
Shortageofteachers.

16. Need forsuitableinfrastructure
modifications.
Needfororganisingprogrammesfor
communityawarenessandattitudechange
inordertomakeschoolforallchildren.

17. Landmarkactthatensureeducationforevery
child.
Takeeducationasfirstagendafornation
transformation.
Createlegallyprotectedenvironmentfor
education.
Creategreateimpactonimprovingliteracyrate.

18. www.education.kerala.gov.in
https://mhrd.gov.in/rte
https://www.right-to-education.org
Contemporary India and education-Bharathidasan
University,Thiruchirapally.
Right to children to free and compulsory education
Act,2009,Vikaspedia