Right To Education

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Drastic drop in number of RTE quota seats in private schools - The Hindu

 

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NGO Challenges Amendment To Karnataka RTE Rules That Conditionally Waives Off 25% Quota Mandate For Private Unaided Schools [Read Petition]

 

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Does The Office Of CJI Come Under The Purview Of RTI Act? SC Finally Lists Its Own Appeal Before Constitution Bench

 

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RTI activist files complaint with ECI against Navsari MP | Surat News - Times of India

 

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RTI Activist Satish Shetty’s Murder Case Closed?

 

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Right to Education on uncharted private school turf

Tens of thousands of impoverished students studying free of cost in private schools under the Right to Education Act face the threat of being taken off the rolls when the new academic session starts this week.

These students were admitted to Class I under the act’s quota for the economically weaker sections (EWS) in 2011, the first school year to start after the act came into force on April 1, 2010.

According to the act, private and unaided schools “shall admit in Class I — to the extent of 25 per cent of the strength of that class — children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups”.

However, the act provides a legal guarantee of free and compulsory education only at the elementary level — Classes I to VIII — and the first batch of the economic quota students have just completed Class VIII.

Two human resource development ministry officials said they had received feedback from across the 18 states and Union territories that have implemented the economic quota about the possible ouster of these children from private schools. (Another 16 states and Union territories, including Bengal, have not implemented the quota, while Jammu and Kashmir is exempt and Lakshadweep has no private schools).

“We are examining the matter. Some decisions will be taken soon,” Rina Ray, secretary, department of school education and literacy, told The Telegraph.

 

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Delhi pvt schools seek fee from EWS students, but govt hands tied by tight purse strings | Education News, The Indian Express

 

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President And People Must Save RTI From This Bureaucratic Onslaught On CIC

 

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Are CBSE schools in TN gaming their admission schedule to evade RTE quota? | The News Minute

 

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RTE- Students Have No Right Of Admission To Pvt Schools As Long As Govt. Schools Are Available In Neighborhood: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]