Parliament has adopted 'The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2009,’ which envisages free and compulsory education to children in the 6-14 age group with the Lok Sabha approving it by voice vote on Tuesday. The Rajya Sabha passed the Bill on July 20.
Some salient features of the bill....
1)Once the President gives assent to the Bill, getting education would be a fundamental right of every child.
2) The law would ensure that the child got free, compulsory and quality education by qualified teachers.
3) The curriculum would be less rigorous and it would ensure all-round development of children.
4)While 25 per cent of seats in every private school would be allocated for children from disadvantaged groups including differently-abled children at the entry level, as far as minority institutions were concerned up to 50 per cent of those seats could be offered to students from their communities.
Out of every 100 children attending elementary school only 12 reached the graduation level; in Europe it was 50-70 (students reaching college from the elementary level) and the global average 27. The Centre plans to increase India’s average to 15 by 2012 and to 30-35 by 2020.
My comments:
If India wants to be the superpower of the world...education has to be key....looking at the standard of education in public schools makes me feel disheartened at wat we are doing with our future...hope all that the bill envisages fructifies in the future...but surely a step in the right direction...way 2 go Mr Sibal....Wish all other ministers are as proactive as u....
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This law is going to do more harm than good for primary education in the country. By including private unaided schools within the ambit of the law, Government is going to convert all the centers excellence in this field into municipal schools. The 25% free kids – how are they going to coop with the remaining population in the school that comes from a much richer background without feeling deprived – it is fact and may scar the poor kid for life. Going further, the schools does not charge any fees from these 25%, but who is going to pay for the books, dresses and other things that these schools want, and all of these cost a moon ? Ok, you want all the students to be promoted to next class till class VIII – what these free kids have to show when they come out of class VIII since they had no books or other aid for their classes ? What about other students many of whom actually did not deserved to be promoted even to class V let alone class VIII ?
ReplyDeleteTell me what private investor will invest 20 crore required to set up a really good school these days and hand over the management to a committee where 75% of the seats are reserved for parents and political appointees ? I for one, have already put on hold my plans of setting up a world class school.
I dont think we should be so negative by saying tat it will bring more harm than good...it is a good intiative of the government and we should support it grow and then analyse and not reject it rightaway...
ReplyDeleteThe education of economically backward class would be financed by the government so it should not be a issue....
And if we think tat there will be a problem between the economically weak and strong then how will be able to bridge the gap ever....it is only when we are kids and our minds like clay tat we can moudle it how we want it...so this will remove the money barrier and not create it....