Dr.Sharmaji, Indeed this is a noble but utopian idea to extend education to all the children in the Country which not other Country has done so far. It is still theoretical in principle. Evn if the bill is passed for immediate Political gains, implementation would be a far-fetched idea for the colossal fund requirements, the infrastruture and personnel needed to implement the same. Moreover, in practice we have seen even a simple NREG programme of the Govt. how mismanaged it is esp. in the so called Cow or Hindi belt. Is is not uncommon to find Govt. funds for education funeeled out by unscrupulous elements, without any school building or students or teachers, all exercise carried out only on papers/files. Do we have any devoted workers programes? They will meet the fate of whistle blowers like the NH project Engineer in Bihar. Let us keep our fingers crossed as this entire exercise is election oriented without any serious attempt to implement the same, another Womens' Reservation bill!!
--- On Fri, 8/8/08, Dr.V.N. Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Dr.V.N. Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ =>> Jharkhand <<= ] Right to Education Bill ready for tabling in House To: Date: Friday, August 8, 2008, 9:02 PM Dear All, This is an important issue as I have been drawing attention to this for sometime. We also propose to circulate an Online Petition to make necessary changes in the Bill. I request you to please submit your views if you so desire for inclusion in the Petition /Bill either to me or to Dr. Anil Sagopal. You may look at the Bill and the Report prepared by Dr Anil Sadgopal in the link http://jvmjkd. blogspot. com/ and also other links related to the issue. vns Right to Education Bill ready for tabling in House New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Friday referred the Right to Education Bill 2005, hanging for clearance since last three years, to the Group of Ministers (GoM) for a formal approval. Once approved by the GoM, the Bill will be tabled during the monsoon session of parliament, reports IANS. "The Bill will pave the way for free and compulsory education to children between 6 to 14 years of age after its passage from the Parliament," the official said. The Bill also calls for reserving seats for the poor in private schools and enforces quality standards in government schools. The private schools will be compensated with grants by the union or state governments. One of the distinct features of the Bill is that it prescribes minimum standards that government schools would have to enforce, using the yardstick of teacher-student ratio, availability of teaching material and books for students.
