BANGALORE: Karnataka Federation of Independent Schools Managements, which represents nearly 300 ICSE and CBSE schools in the state, said the schools are unable to comply with the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) Act this year as the admissions process was over.Speaking to reporters after an internal meeting on Wednesday, president of the Federation L R Shivarame Gowda said, We welcome RTE, but we will not...
10:34 AM, May 17, 2012
Pune: Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the rich, who benefit from government-subsidised LPG and petrol, should not grumble about having to bear some burden for the education of poor children. Referring to the Right to Education Act, which makes it mandatory for the private schools to admit a certain number of students from economically weaker sections, Sibal said, "If the rich are getting LPG, petrol at subsidised...
01:20 AM, May 06, 2012
Patna: Shortage of infrastructure in schools in Bihar was a 'major challenge', state Minister for Education PK Sahi said on Saturday adding there was no drinking water facility in around 13,000 government schools. Addressing a seminar 'Right of Children and Law', Shahi said several schools had no toilets, even for girl students. "We have laid stress on improving infrastructural facilities in schools and ensuring quality education," he said. Implementation of...
04:49 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the state government's education department to complete admission process for vacant seats for students from the economically weaker section (EWS) during the summer vacations to enable them to attend school after reopening in July 2012. The court's order came after the government's status report informed the court that around 10,000 seats under EWS category are vacant in 1,186 unaided private schools...
07:43 PM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: Schools in Delhi are openly flouting the Right to Education norms. The RTE has mandated 25 per cent seats in private schools for economically backward students. But more than 70 per cent schools in the capital couldn't care less. But with the Supreme Court upholding the Act, they may not have a choice any more. The Supreme Court had mandated that all private unaided schools across the country...
06:43 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal says he hopes the burden of 25 per cent school quota for the poor will not be passed onto other parents. He assures that the government and schools will work out a way to fund the additional expenditure. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Sibal said that the government is in no financial position to ensure high quality education to all the...
08:59 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Schools in Delhi, Andhra Pradesh have decided to challenge the Supreme Court order asking them to reserve 25 per cent of their seats for economically weaker students. ...
11:38 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Schools in Delhi and Andhra Pradesh have decided to challenge the Supreme Court order asking them to reserve 25 per cent of their seats for economically weaker students. A review may be filed as early as next week. The apex court order on the Right to Education (RTE) Act is one that the private schools across the country aren't taking lying. Private schools say they don't have a...
10:58 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Schools in Delhi are set to file a review petition against the Supreme Court ruling on 25 per cent reservation for children belonging to the economically weaker sections of the society. Delhi schools said that they were waiting for a copy of the order before going ahead. The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act, saying that there will be 25...
01:09 PM, Apr 13, 2012
Madurai: The Madras High Court on Thursday served a notice on the Centre and state government on a plea seeking a direction not to make some sections of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 and certain other rules applicable to a minority school in Tirunelveli. Admitting the writ petition in this regard, Justice K Venkataram issued notice to the Centre and the state government while...
10:44 AM, Apr 13, 2012
Reacting to the SC verdict on RTE Act, HRD Minister said education could now be child centric and not institution centric. ...
11:44 PM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act. It means all schools except unaided minority institutions and boarding schools now will have to reserve 25 per cent seats for economically backward students. Reacting to the judgement, Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said, "I am glad the Supreme Court brought clarity. Education can now be child centric and not institution centric." The...
10:44 PM, Apr 12, 2012
NCPCR Chairperson Shanta Sinha said that poor children have been denied education for long. ...
01:38 PM, Apr 12, 2012
The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21-A in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right in such a manner as the State may, by law, determine. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which represents the consequential legislation envisaged under Article 21-A, means that...
11:07 AM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act, saying that there will be 25 per cent reservation in government, local authority schools and private schools for children from the economically weaker sections of the society. A bench comprising Chief Justice SH Kapadia and justices KS Radhakrishnan and Swantanter Kumar, which had reserved its verdict on August 3, 2011, upheld the validity...
10:54 AM, Apr 12, 2012
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