• Key Facts

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• Debt Trap

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• Migration

• GENDER

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• Right to Food  

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• Forest and Tribal Rights

• Policy/ Action so far

• Poverty and inequality

• Hunger Overview

• Malnutrition

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• Education  

• Public Health

• Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS)

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• Human Rights

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• General Insecurity

• Disaster & Relief

Demands of unions under study, says PM-J Balaji

inister Mallikarjun Kharge said there was a significant reduction in the number of child labour in the country in the last five years. "This is primarily due to effective legislations like [the] Right to Education and MGNREGA [Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act]," he said. Minister of State for Labour and Employment Kodikunnil Suresh participated. Brief disruption The conference was briefly disrupted by a u

UPA's 'Bharat smiling' feebly -Subodh Varma

over 4.3 lakh queries were carried over from the previous year. The rate of disposal has dipped from 86% in 2006-07 to about 68% in 2011-12.   Compulsory schooling   The Right to Education providing for compulsory education for children in the 6-14 years age group became law in 2009. Gross enrolment ratios in primary classes (I-V) were already touching 100% at the beginning of the decade, propelled by the free mid-day mea

Private schools use loopholes to wriggle out of RTE norms -Ardhra Nair

-The Indian Express The Right to Education (RTE) Act to ensure students from economically weaker sections (EWS) get 25 per cent reservation in admissions has left much to be desired at the ground level as far as execution is concerned. Education officials have pointed out some loopholes that enable private schools to take it easy. As per the latest GR, flying squads have to be formed in every district to ensure schools comply with R

'RTE exclusion of minority schools needs review'-Bharath Joshi

-New Indian Express Bangalore: Child rights activists are fuming over the Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) recent clarification that no section of the Right to Education (RTE) Act applies to unaided minority schools, prompting a need to revisit the Supreme Court order of last April. After several ‘misinforming' statements by its own officials on various public platforms, the DPI, on April 24, clarified that "it would t

RTE axe may fall on private schools -Rupa Giri

Times of India RANCHI: The district superintendent of education (DSE) has decided to take strict action against theprivate schools that have not filed the application for recognition under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. According to DSE Jayant Mishra, there are 626 private schools in the city. Of these, only 398 schools have applied to the education department for recognition under the RTE Act. Mishra added, "A deadline of May

NCW writes to Ministry again over AMU 'discriminatory practice'

in Arts, access to the library which is regarded as the second largest university in Asia is a serious denial of fundamental rights. The exclusion of women from the library is denying them the basic Right to Education," Dr. Walikhanna told The Hindu . In a letter to HRD Minister M.M. Pallam Raju, Dr. Walikhanna has pointed out that while women students of medical and engineering colleges and the polytechnic are allowed to use the MAL, it is

150 schools face shutdown as they can’t comply with RTE -Pandurang Mhaske

-Mumbai Mirror The BMC has refused to approve extension of classes for over 150 private schools in the city, as these schools were unable to comply with the stringent norms of the Right to Education Act (RTE). If they cannot comply with these norms, there is a chance that these schools could shut down next academic year. The BMC, however, has approached the state government to relax these norms, as some of them cannot be implied by several sc

'RTE example of directive principles being implemented'

-The Indian Express Mumbai: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Saturday cited the Right to Education Act, 2009, and rural employment guarantee scheme as examples that directive principles of the Constitution were being implemented. Chief Justice Kabir was speaking on ‘The Role of Directive Principles in Social Transformation' at the Fort campus of Mumbai university on Saturday. "These principles will remain empty words un

Many a hurdle on RTE path-Skand Shukla

-The Hindu The Right to Education (RTE) Act turned three on March 31, 2013. It is certainly a short period to examine its efficacy, yet it is enough to give us a fair idea of the hurdles that are being faced and have to be tackled to get positive results. Most of these hurdles are attitudinal. The services of retired teachers are mostly sought for imparting "special training" to out-of-school children after which they are to m

CBSE to conduct assessments of class IX, XI students- Prashant K Nanda

. Dikshit said the new system will be in place in the coming academic year. Some school authorities and experts said that the decision not to fail any student until class VIII as mandated by the Right to Education Act and a decision to scrap the CBSE class X board exam seems to have had a negative impact on the education system. This has led to students not applying themselves as much as they used to, said Prasanna Pradhan, a secondary