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Data Driven Decision-Making

IB - 2011-2013


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RTE ACT ~ 2010

Adva ta es isadva ta es Impleme

tati

Existi Educati Sce ari


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Existing Education Scenario

In ia stan s at 74.04%

Worl average is 84%LiteracyRate

Over 50% teachers have onlysecon ary e ucation

Ina equatelyEducatedTeachers

25.67% at ri ary level

48.08% at ele entary level

61.62 % at secondary level

Dro outs

Ina ro riate funding, very oor infrastructure andeducation syste

Modern education in India is often criticized for being based

on rote learning rather than roble solving


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Existing Education Scenario Cont..

There are Positives tooe .

Reservations for the backward classes likeSC and ST

A government initiative called the SarvaShiksha Abhiyan started in 2001, is toprovide education to children between 6s14years by 2010.

Another government initiative for theempowerment and development of womenunder the Mahila SamakhyaScheme, initiatedin 1989.


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Pre RTE ACT Scenario1947: Constituent Assembly Sub committee onFundamental rights places free andcompulsory education on list of Fundamental Rights.1947 (April): Advisory Committee of the

Constituent Assemblyrejects free andcompulsory education as a fundamental right (costsbeing the reason). Sendsclause to list of pnon - justifiable fundamental rightsq(later termed as nDirective Principles of State Policy).

1949: Debate in Constituent AssemblyRemoves the First Line of nArticle

36oe Everycitizen is entitled as of right to free primary education and it shall be the duty ofthe State to..qand re laces it withpThe State shall endeavour to..q1950: Finally, Article 45 of Directive Principles of State Policy accepted: pThe Stateshall endeavour to provide, within a period of ten years from the commencementof this Constitution, for free and compulsory education for all children until they

complete the age of fourteen yearsq.


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How RTE ACT - 2010 Came Into Being..


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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 onThe Model Right to Education Bill, 2006

y 2008/9: Central legislation revived. The Right of Children to Free and CompulsoryBill, 2008, introduced/passedinRajya Sabha andLok Sabha. President sassentinAugust 2009. However, the notification of the Act and the 86th amendment, issuedon Feb 19, 2010 in the Gazette of India, stating that implementation will begin fromApril 1, 2010, eight months after the presidential assent. (UPA II government)


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Bridging the gap with RTE ACT


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RTE ACT - 2010

Free and compulsory education to allchildren of India-Age group(6-14)

No child shall be held back, expelled, orre uired to pass a board examination until

completion of elementary education (up toclass eight); A child who completes elementary

education shall be awarded a certificate; Fixed student-teacher ratio;

Will apply to all of India except Jammuand Kashmir; 25 reservation- economically disadvantaged

communities in all private and minorityschools.


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RTE ACT 2010 cont..

Mandates improvement in uality ofeducation;

School teachers will need ade uateprofessional degree within five years

School Infrastructure - improvementin three years, else recognitioncancelled;

Financial burden -shared between

state and central government on thebasis of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

Private schools to face penalty forviolating RTE. .


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