Making The Right To Education Work: Supreme Court Calls For Stronger RTE Enforcement |
In a consequential order, the Supreme Court has issued directions to be implemented by state governments to achieve the objective of a key provision of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, providing equity for economically weaker sections and disadvantaged groups.
RTE largely remains on paper
There is little doubt that the RTE, created through a landmark constitutional amendment, has remained mostly on paper for children of underprivileged backgrounds despite the passage of time. Section 12 of the law clearly states that a school should admit students from underprivileged backgrounds to 25% of seats in Class I and ensure that they get free elementary education throughout. What made the law stand out was its........