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Home > Campaigns > Policy Campaign > Right to Education
Right to Education
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 (or Right to Education, in short) was passed in both the Houses of Parliament in August 2009. The Right to Education Bill has been debated, discussed and deliberated by various Government commissioned bodies since 2002 (National Advisory Council, National Knowledge Commission, Central Advisory Board for Education), Standing Committee for Human Resource Development and civil society organisations (including Azim Premji Foundation, Confederation of Indian Industry and Centre for Civil Society). Numerous educationists, community leaders and commentators have also presented their views on the Right to Education Bill in the media. This website tracks the evolution of discourse around the Right to Education Bill, broadly divided in to three thematic areas:
Right to Education Tracker
With the successful passage of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory
Education Act 2009 during August 2009, India has now guaranteed elementary
education to all children (between 6 and 14 years old). The implementation
of the various provisions of the Right to Education Bill is going to be
vital and complex, and will be tracked here, with emphasis on quality
and accountability.
Legislation
- Sibal and Das on RTE
- Times of India, 21 February 2010: Sibal for easing norms to let small schools stay
- Model Rules under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009
- Times of India, 13 February 2010: Right to education kicks in on April 1
- Draft Model Rules under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009
- Times of India, 21 January 2010: Right to Education: HRD frames model rules for states
- The Hindu, 07 January 2010: Right to free education law will be enforced in April-May
- Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education 2009
- Amendments to RTE bill, 8 July 2009
- 86th Amendment to the Constitution
- Report of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) Committee on Free and Compulsory Education Bill and Other Issues Related to Elementary Education
- NAC recommendations on right to education
- National Knowledge Commission recommendations on right to education
- Rajya Sabha synopsis of debate (20 July 2009)
- Parliamentary Standing Committee on HRD report on The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008
- Text of Right to Education Bill, 2005 [Draft]
- The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008
Analysis
- Amit Kaushik, Tehelka, 8 August 2009: Blackboard Jungle
- Baladevan R, CFO Connect, October, 2009: The devil is in the details
- Implementing the RTE: Promises, Potential and Pitfalls
- MR Madhavan, Financial Express, 28 July 2009: For schools, the angel is in the details
- Parth Shah, Economic Times, 24 July 09: Will education bill guarantee quality?
- Swami Aiyar, Times of India, 14 June 09: Swaminomics: An open letter to Kapil Sibal
- PV Indiresan, Indian Express, 23 July 09: Education is the real victim
- Renu Singh (Director of Policy and Technical Support, Save the Children - India), Times of India, 6 July 09: The wrongs in the Right to Education bill
- Tavleen Singh, Indian Express, 28 June 09: End license raj
- Madhav Chavan, Indian Express, 25 June 09: Wiping the Slate Clean
- PV Indiresan, Hindu Business Line, 22 June 09: Politics of Education
- Suggestions from CCS (February 2009) on The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008
- Madhav Chavan, Indian Express, 13 Feb 2009: The Bill is short on transparency and accountability
- Amit Kaushik, Ex-Director, Ministry of HRD (2001-2006)
- Azim Premji Foundation's Position on the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008
- Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Committee on Education's Petition to the Parliamentary Committee on Human Resource Development, w.r.t. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008
- Legislative Brief on The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008 by PRS Legislative Research
- Suggestions from CCS (November 2005) on The Right to Education Bill, 2005
- Suggestions from CCS (January 2004) on The Free & Compulsory Education Bill, 2003
Research
