New Delhi: The Delhi High Court verdict that the Right to Education (RTE) Act is not applicable to nursery admission in unaided private schools has been challenged in the Supreme Court. An NGO, Social Jurist, has approached the apex court, saying that the high court erred in law in holding that the Act applied only in the matter of admission of children between the age of 6 years to 14 years and is not applicable to nursery admission.
"The Delhi High Court has clearly erred in law in holding that the provisions of Section 13 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 apply only in the matter of admission of the children between the age of 6 years to 14 years and are not applicable to the admission of children below 6 years in unaided private schools," the NGO submitted in its petition.
"Section 13 of the Act was formulated in the context of rampant screening practices being adopted by the private unaided schools in nursery admissions which had resulted in a comprehensive round of litigation in the high court. It was to correct this mischief that the said provision was incorporated," the petition said while challenging the high court verdict.
The high court had passed the verdict on February 19, holding that the Right to Education (RTE) Act and subsequent government notifications were not applicable to nursery admissions in unaided private schools. It had, however, asked the Centre to consider amending
04:46 PM, May 16, 2013
Chandigarh: The Punjab government has ordered closure of 473 private schools after they failed to implement norms of the right to education (RTE) act, a minister said on Wednesday. Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the non-affiliated private schools have been asked to wind up their operations immediately. "The Punjab government had been sympathetic towards these educational institutions for long. They had been time and again requested to adhere to...
04:51 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Berhampur: Opposition Congress on Monday said the newly-launched Odisha State Youth Policy would have no impact on the electorate and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was trying to fool the people of the state. The policy was launched by Patnaik on Sunday. "It is too late. The central government has already announced the policy. The state government should have launched this policy two years back had it been serious about development...
01:15 AM, Apr 09, 2013
The government on Tuesday rejected the demand of some states of extending RTE deadline on meeting infrastructure norms but asked them to act tough on schools which are lagging far behind in implementing them. Amid concerns over schools which have failed to meet the RTE obligations by the March 31, 2013 deadline, HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju said the states have the rights to decide on such schools as well...
04:30 AM, Apr 03, 2013
The deadline for meeting the infrastructure provisions under the Right To Education came to an end on Sunday, with widespread apprehension about the closure of schools which have failed in implementing them. Even as the Human Resource Development Ministry has turned down request from some states to extend the deadline, reports suggest that hundreds of schools across the country are lagging far behind in implementing the infrastructure norms. ...
11:27 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Delhi BJP state President Vijay Goel on Monday criticized the state government's reported move to shut down 2,235 unrecognized public schools in the city saying the step will deprive four and a half lakh children of education. "As a result of closure of 2235 schools, four and a half lakh children will be deprived of education. Before implementing any provision, the government will have to see what alternative arrangement for...
01:40 AM, Mar 26, 2013
The Government on Saturday ruled out extending the deadline beyond March 31 for schools to meet RTE requirements even as it conceded that many states were lagging behind and said a committee is being set up to expedite the implementation process. ...
11:16 AM, Mar 23, 2013
The Right to Education is not even a year old yet, but the whiff of a scam is already gathering steam in Karnataka. The schools in Karnataka say that families fake their income certificates which are generously issued by tahsildars to make themselves eligible to RTE, even as the really poor and the deserving are left out. ...
07:06 PM, Mar 20, 2013
There will be no change in the criteria for nursery admissions in Delhi schools, the High Court ruled on Tuesday while saying that the government should consider necessary amendments to the Right to Education Act to include nursery admissions as well. ...
11:14 AM, Feb 19, 2013
The alleged punishment of cleaning of toilets meted out to primary school children in Odisha's Kendrapara district last year has come under the scanner of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), official sources said. The NHRC has issued summons against the Commissioner-cum-secretary of schools and mass education department a week ago ordering personal appearance before it on January 11. ...
02:03 PM, Dec 23, 2012
New Delhi: Human Resource Development Ministry will bring a new bill to stop the menace capitation fees in medical and engineering colleges. The bill proposes stern action against the guilty institutions. Despite opposition by Bihar and other states, the Central Government has stuck to his decision to implement the Right to Education Act by March 31, 2013. Under this law action will be taken against the guilty institutions and they...
12:58 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Bangalore: The state government has decided to request the Centre to increase the age limit for compulsory education to 18 from the present limit of 16.The students needs to be educated from six years. The government in the Assembly on Thursday has also sought a clarification from the Union HRD Ministry to spell out its share of funds for the effective implementation of the Right to Education Act (RTE). Replying...
01:52 PM, Aug 03, 2012
Bangalore: Electrical serviceman Peter Murali was thrilled when he realised his son Xavier could go to a good private school when the Right to Education (RTE) became law. But the cold shoulder he got from school officials made him rethink. After all, it was a school his son had to be in for ten years. A week after the admission, Peter opted out. He says, "We thought of his future......
03:24 PM, Jul 20, 2012
The NCPCR has sought a report on the discrimination with RTE-quota students from the Karnataka government within seven days. ...
07:34 PM, Jul 19, 2012
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has sought a probe and an Action Taken Report from the state govt within 7 days. ...
04:20 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Bangalore: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Thursday asked the Karnataka government to submit a report following allegations that four students from economically weaker section (EWS) were humiliated in a prominent Bangalore school. Taking suo motu cognisance of a media report, the NCPCR directed Karnataka Education Secretary (Primary and Secondary Education) to get the matter investigated and take further necessary action. The Commission has also sought...
12:30 PM, Jul 19, 2012
There is anger and outrage after the hair of poor children admitted under the RTE was cut and they were sent to back benches. ...
10:47 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Bangalore: Is the Right to Education Act leading to more discrimination and elitism by schools? That is what it seems like in Bangalore with some six-year-olds at a school saying they've been tormented everyday by both school officials and classmates. They faced the torture because they got admitted under the 25 per cent RTE quota. When a 6-year-old girl returned from school last week with scars, her mother Geeta was...
06:47 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka Schools Association on Wednesday decided to call off their strike, putting the blame on vested interests for the failure of it. According to sources, the classes will resume from Thursday. However, the association has decided to continue with the Satyagraha against the hasty implementation of the Right to Education Act. The strike was called by the Karnataka Unaided Schools' Management Association (KUSMA) to protest the lack of...
06:19 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka Primary & Secondary Education Secretary G Kumar Naik says he hasn't received any complaint on any school chopping of the hair of children admitted under the Right to Education (RTE) Act and will act once he receives it. "The incident has just come to government's notice. We have asked for a report on this from the zonal officers and it'll come by this (Wednesday) evening. We will take...
01:15 PM, Jul 18, 2012
