Supreme Court Judgment on RTE act explained
On 12 April 2012, the Supreme Court of India delivered a Judgment upholding provisions of the “The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009” also called the Right to Education Act (RTE Act). Since the judgment is over 150 pages, I’ve made an attempt to provide the conclusions of the Judgment and relevant portions of the Indian Constitution and RTE Act together in one document. I am not a lawyer and this is not a legal interpretation, this document aims to simply and make it easy for School Principal’s and other members of the education community to understand the judgment and it’s implications. It is also likely that a review petition may be filed in the Supreme Court leading to changed in the Judgment, however, till that happens,...
Right to Education Act – More problems than can be digested
Section 21A of the constitution of India, modified in the year 2010 says “21A. Right to education.—The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in such manner as the State may, by law, determine. “ The Right to Education Act, 2009 passed by the Government provides for ways for the Government to ensure that free and compulsory education was provided to children in the age of 6 to 14. This was great and I’m sure everybody agrees that such a fundamental right, already applicable in 134 other countries, came too late for children in India. Problems started with the Act itself mentioning that privately owned unaided schools must reserve 25% of their seats for ” belonging to weaker...
Try out the new Moodle 2.0 !
Approximately 34 Million people in the world are Moodle users. What started as an effort to counter expensive proprietary Learning Management Solutions has today turned into the world’s largest Open Source platform for educational purposes. Come July 20, 2010, Moodle will be releasing a version 2.0 of it’s platform. There is excitement amongst all Moodle users because Ver 2.0 comes with huge number of changes in the core platform itself. First off, the biggest pain in working in Moodle – Navigation – is completely revamped. Now, blocks can be placed anywhere on the page rather than being stuck on the left or right side. Within each block, links can be grouped and will collapse to provide easy access. There is core support for adding...
CBSE and CCE : Confusing everyone
In the past one year, we have seen a lot of excitement in the school education segment in India, with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announcing major changes. It started with simple things like doing away with board exams at the Class X (age 16) level and has now reached a stage where everyone’s confused about things like CCE (Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation) The idea behind CCE was very simple – to create a system that does away with “Marks”. Most schools in India follow a 100% Mark system where students getting 92% were treated as less equal than those getting say 93%. While some parents and teachers still claim that this system gave a clear indication of where the student ranked, the pressure to achieve...
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