THE TRIBUNE, NEW DELHI, APRIL 18, 2011, P. 8
Right to free education
The RTE Act, 2009, which guarantees free and compulsory elementary education to the children between the age of 6 and 14 is unprecedented. Now the onus lies on the parents or guardians of the children to enroll them in a suitable neighbourhood school. The governments, local authorities and prominent members of civil society are under an obligation to sensitise every stakeholder to make the best out of this coveted opportunity. Some knotty challenges like defining, identifying and notifying the neighbourhood schools; modalities for enrolments towards a 25% quota in private unaided schools (specifically considering that the screening test in any form is forbidden); furnishing of infrastructure; skepticism about the replacement of the admission criterion of ‘skill-appropriate class’ with ‘age-appropriate class’; repercussions of opening admissions round the year, etc, need to be addressed immediately after eliciting the views of all stakeholders. However, going beyond the realm of the said law, the moot point is to bring home the realisation about the wholesome impact of the ‘holistic education’ in the life of a human being.
RAJENDER GOYAL, Bahadurgarh
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