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Features of Right to Education Act |
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From 1 April, 2010 The 'Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009' came into existence with much fanfare and an address by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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The Key features of Right to Education Act include:
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In understanding the debates about this RTE Act, a little background knowledge is needed. The RTE Act is a complete and comprehensive piece of legislation, which includes provisions related to schools, evaluation, teachers, curriculum, access and specific division of responsibilities and duties of different stakeholders.
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The salient features of the Right of Children for Free and Compulsory Education Bill are
- According to RTE ACT, Free and compulsory education to all children of India between six to 14 age groups.
- No child shall be held back, expelled, or required to pass a board examination until completion of elementary education.
- A child who completes elementary education (upto class 8) shall be awarded a certificate.
- Calls for a fixed student-teacher ratio.
- Will apply to all of India except Jammu and Kashmir.
- Provides for 25 % reservation for economically disadvantaged communities in admission to Class One in all private schools.
- Mandates improvement in quality of education.
- School teachers will require adequate professional degree within five years or else will lose job.
- School infrastructure is to be improved in three years.
- Financial burden will be shared between central and state government.
- Private schools to face penalty for violating RTE.
- All private and minority schools have to reserve 25 % seats in basic education for underprivileged children, and any breach of the Right to Education act will fetch punishment and Human Resource Development.
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