Data Driven Decision-Making IB - 2011-2013

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RTE ACT ~ 2010

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Existing Education Scenario

Literacy Rate Ina equately Educated Teachers In ia stan s at 74.04% Worl average is 84% Over 50% teachers have only secon ary e ucation

25.67% at ri ary level Dro outs 48.08% at ele entary level 61.62 % at secondary level Ina ro riate funding, very oor infrastructure and education syste Modern education in India is often criticized for being based on rote learning rather than roble solving

Existing Education Scenario Cont..

There are Positives tooe .
 Reservations for the backward classes like SC and ST  A government initiative called the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan started in 2001, is to provide education to children between 6s 14 years by 2010.  Another government initiative for the empowerment and development of women under the Mahila Samakhya Scheme, initiated in 1989.

Pre RTE ACT Scenario

1947: Constituent Assembly Sub committee on Fundamental rights places free and compulsory education on list of Fundamental Rights. 1947 (April): Advisory Committee of the Constituent Assembly rejects free and compulsory education as a fundamental right (costs being the reason). Sends clause to list of pnon - justifiable fundamental rightsq (later termed as n Directive Principles of State Policy). 1949: Debate in Constituent Assembly Removes the First Line of n Article 36o Every e citizen is entitled as of right to free primary education and it shall be the duty of the State to..q and re laces it with pThe State shall endeavour to..q 1950: Finally, Article 45 of Directive Principles of State Policy accepted: pThe State shall endeavour to provide, within a period of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution, for free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of fourteen yearsq.

How RTE ACT - 2010 Came Into Being..

After the 86th amendment in December 2002 the following actions took place: y 2003: The Free and Compulsory Education For Children Bill, 2003 (NDA government)
y 2004: The Free and Compulsory Education For Children Bill, 2004 y 2005: The Right to Education Bill, 2005 (June) (CABE Bill) (UPA I government) y 2005: The Right to Education Bill, 2005 (August) y 2006: Central legislation discarded. States advised to make their own Bills based on

The Model Right to Education Bill, 2006

y 2008/9: Central legislation revived. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory

Bill, 2008, introduced/ passed in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. President s assent in August 2009. However, the notification of the Act and the 86th amendment, issued on Feb 19, 2010 in the Gazette of India, stating that implementation will begin from April 1, 2010, eight months after the presidential assent. (UPA II government)

Bridging the gap with RTE ACT

RTE ACT - 2010

Free and compulsory education to all children of India-Age group(6-14) No child shall be held back, expelled, or re uired to pass a board examination until completion of elementary education (up to class eight); A child who completes elementary education shall be awarded a certificate; Fixed student-teacher ratio; Will apply to all of India except Jammu and Kashmir; 25 reservation- economically disadvantaged communities in all private and minority schools.

RTE ACT 2010 cont..

Mandates improvement in uality of education; School teachers will need ade uate professional degree within five years School Infrastructure - improvement in three years, else recognition cancelled; Financial burden -shared between state and central government on the basis of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Private schools to face penalty for violating RTE. .