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    The Right to Education Act (RTE) of 2009 ensures free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14. It mandates that all schools, including private and government schools, reserve 25% of their seats for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. While the RTE Act increased access to education, its implementation has faced challenges like inadequate infrastructure, lack of trained teachers, and insufficient funding. Bal Raksha Bharat (Save the Children India) works to promote and protect children's right to education through programs that improve access to quality education for marginalized communities. However, the author criticizes certain aspects of the RTE Act, arguing that it infringes on private institutions, lacks learning objectives, and denies capable students

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    The Right to Education Act (RTE) of 2009 ensures free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14. It mandates that all schools, including private and government schools, reserve 25% of their seats for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. While the RTE Act increased access to education, its implementation has faced challenges like inadequate infrastructure, lack of trained teachers, and insufficient funding. Bal Raksha Bharat (Save the Children India) works to promote and protect children's right to education through programs that improve access to quality education for marginalized communities. However, the author criticizes certain aspects of the RTE Act, arguing that it infringes on private institutions, lacks learning objectives, and denies capable students

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    The Right to Education Act (RTE) of 2009 ensures free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14. It mandates that all schools, including private and government schools, reserve 25% of their seats for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. While the RTE Act increased access to education, its implementation has faced challenges like inadequate infrastructure, lack of trained teachers, and insufficient funding. Bal Raksha Bharat (Save the Children India) works to promote and protect children's right to education through programs that improve access to quality education for marginalized communities. However, the author criticizes certain aspects of the RTE Act, arguing that it infringes on private institutions, lacks learning objectives, and denies capable students

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    The Right to Education Act (RTE) of 2009 is a remarkable law in India that ensures

    free and mandatory education for children aged between six to fourteen,
    irrespective of their gender, caste, social status etc. The RTE Act mandates that
    all schools, including private and government schools, must reserve 25% of their
    seats for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds ensuring all
    children in India receive elementary education and establish set standards for the
    infrastructure and quality of education that schools provide.

    While the Right to Education Act has been a significant step towards access to
    education for all children, its implementation has faced several challenges,
    including inadequate infrastructure and resources, lack of trained teachers, and
    insufficient funding despite continuous effort of the government bodies..
    Nevertheless, the RTE Act remains essential legislation that has helped millions of
    children in India access quality education

    Bal Raksha Bharat (also known as Save the Children) is a non-profit organisation
    that works towards promoting and protecting the right to education for all children
    along other initiatives like Health & Nutrition, Child Protection and Resilience.
    Their programmes have been designed to better the lives of underprivileged
    children, improving access to quality education for children from marginalised
    communities and eliminating barriers preventing children from accessing education.
    They also provide training to teachers, parents, and community members on child
    protection and safeguarding through their Child Protection Programme, which helps
    prevent and respond to instances of child exploitation.

    The organisation is committed to working with communities, governments, and other


    stakeholders to ensure that every child has access to quality education and the
    chance to a brighter future.
    The RTE Act is a "Right of Free and Compulsory Education" at least till the level
    of elementary school. It has a noble objective and a necessary one too seeing
    India's demographic status.

    But, I hate the Act for the following reasons:

    Infringement on private institutions: We have a sinister notion that privately run


    organisations are crooks and thieves. We already had a standardized syllabus and
    standardized tests. Was it not enough? Now we have to contend with specifics of
    laboratories, playground etc. It would have been logical if the rules specified
    learning outcomes.
    No learning objectives: The Act specifies that no student should be detained till
    the 8th standard. There is talk of scrapping the SSC exam. We already made the
    exams bad by reducing the complexity. This fails to create any incentive in
    students to perform well and pass.
    25% reserved seats: Free education to people from disadvantaged background should
    be provided. This is wrong. The reason is that the private schools had sufficient
    number of students who were willing to pay fees. To add the 25% quota is denying
    the otherwise capable students from taking admission to the school of their choice.
    Fees: Not many schools want to loot students and profit. But they need some profit
    to reinvest in infrastructure. 25% of seats are paid for by the government. The
    payments are not released for years. The government decides the quantum of payment
    and does not consult schools. Also, schools cannot impose additional costs on
    students (such as standardized uniforms, funds for excursions etc). All this makes
    schools poor. So they cannot create new infrastructure, maintain the existing and
    hire the best staff.
    No Extra coaching: Schools are forbidden from conducting bridge classes or extra
    coaching for the disadvantaged students. No material except the approved textbooks
    are allowed to be taught in classes. My school had some innovative books which were
    self published to introduce students to better literature and history.
    All this has put the schools at the mercy of officers. Bribe taking was common
    earlier as well, but the RTE has opened up a can of worms by making rules more
    stringent. A school with a student teacher ratio of greater than 1:30 or a slightly
    smaller playground can still be an effective and professional school. It is the
    strengthening of licence raj in education.

    The UPA government brought this law to "help" the disadvantaged in India. It is now
    instrumental is shutting down more than 5000 schools in India. Learning outcomes
    have dipped as well according to a survey by NGO Pratham.

    It is the classic case of government inefficiency and inadequacy pushed on the


    private sector.

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