Tuesday, 19 May 2020

RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT 2010 (RTE)

               RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT

Concept, Needs, Implication, Prohibits Advantage, Disadvantage

              The Right to Education Act 2009 also known as the RTE ACT 2009 was enacted by the parliament of India 4 August 2009. It describes  modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children aged between 6-14 years in India under Article 21(A) of the constitution of India. This Act came in to effect on 1 April 2010 and made India one if the 135 countries to have made education a fundamental rights for every child. It prescribes minimum norms for elementary schools, Prohibits unrecognized school from practice and advocates against donation fees and interviews of children at the time of admission. The RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT  Keeps a check on all neighborhood through regular surveys and identifies children who are eligible for receiving education but do not have the means to.

           Education challenges gave been pevalent at both the centre and states for many years in India. The RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT 2009 maps and roles and responsibilities for there centre, state and local bodies.

RTE AND INCLUSION EDUCATION IN THE CONCURRENT LIST AND IT'S IMPLICATION                                                            
*Compulsory and free education for all 

*Number of children per teacher  1/30

*Special provision for special cases

*Quantity and quality of teacher 

*No physical punishment and mental harrassment 

*All round development of children 

*Improving learning outcomes to minimize detention 

*Monitoring compliance 

*Justiciable

*Creating inclusive space for all

*COMPULSORY AND FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL:-- It is obligatory for the government to provide free and compulsory education to each and every child, in a neighbourhood school within 1 km up to class 8 in India. No child is liable to pay fees or any other charges, that may prevent him or her from persuing and completing elementary education. Free education also includes the provision of textbook, uniform, stationary item and special education material for children with disabilities in order to reduce the burden of school expenses.

*NUMBER OF CHILDREN PER TEACHER:-- The RTE ACT lays down norms and standards relating to pupil teacher ratio, classroom, separate toilet for girls and boys, drinking water facilities numder of school working days, working hours of teacher etc. Each and every elementary school in India these set of norms to maintain a minimum standard set by the Right to Education Act.

*SPECIAL PROVISION FOR SPECIAL CASES:-- The Right to Education Act mandates that on act of school child should be admitted to an age appropriate class and provided with special training to enable the child to come up to age appropriate learning level.

*QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF TEACHERS:-- The RTE 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 oppointing appropriately trained teachers with the academic qualifications.

*ZERO TOLERANCE AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT:-- The RTE Act 2009 prohibits all kinds of physical punishment and mental harrassment, discrimination based on gender, caste, class, and religion screening procedures for admission of children, capitation fees, private tuition, centre and functioning of unrecognized schools.

*ALL ROUND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN:-- RTE Act provides the all round development of every child. Build a child's knowledge, human potential and talent.

*IMPROVING LEARNING OUTCOMES TO MINIMIZE DETENTION:-- RTE Act mandates that no child can be held back or expelled from school till class 8. To improve performance of children in school. The RTE Act introduced the Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system in 2009 to ensure grade appropriate learning outcomes in school.

*MONITORING COMPLIANCE OF RTE NORMS:-- (THE RTE ACT 2010) All school covered under the RTE Act are obligated to constitute a school management committee comprising  of a head teacher local elected representative, parents community members etc. The committee have been empowered to monitor the functioning of school and to prepare school development plan.

*RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT IS JUSTICIABLE:-- The RTE Act is justiciable and is backed by a (GR) Grievance Redressal mechanism that allow people to take action against non compliance of provisions of the RTE Act.

*CREATING INCLUSIVE SPACES FOR ALL:-The RTE Act mandates for all private school reserve 25% of their seats for children belonging to socially disadvantaged and economically weaker section.

                             PROHIBITS

*Physical punishment and mental harrassment 

*Screening procedures for admission of children 

*Capitation fee

*Private tution by teachers 

*Running of school without recognition

                ADVANTAGE OF RTE ACT

Right to education is one of the best act our government has ever introduced. It provided an opportunity for the children who can't afford to study. Elementary education became necessary under this act. It's major advantage are:------

*To make every child literate.

*It gave them elementary education, so that no one can make fool of them.

*Provide us power on international level. As literacy rate is measure of country's manpower.

*It is possible, but very hard to survive in this mean world but being literate.

*It brought smile on the innocent face of the child who was earlier unknown about this fascinating world of knowledge.

             DISADVANTAGE OF RTE ACT

    There is any disadvantage of RTE Act except that after elementary school students are forced to work at low wages.

       This is something which is bad about this Act.

       So, Act does not have disadvantages but it need to be modified.


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