There is a need to punish states that have not done enough in three years ( in implementation of Right to Education Act), said, Dr M M Pallam Raju Union Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) at the 61st meeting of Central Advisory Board on Education (CABE). The Minister said that there is consensus not to extend the deadline.
Most of the states including ones ruled by Congress demanded extension and painted a grim scenario of thousands of schools closing down for missing the deadline. Raju also denied allegations that the Centre is being stubborn about extending the deadline and said people are free to move court against non-compliance by schools. Allying fears of large number of schools would close down following non- compliance of RTE Acte, Raju said the process of closing schools would be carried out by the state governments and they can be lenient. According to MHRD officials closing of schools are a long process running into several stages under which first notices would be sent out to schools and sufficient time would be given to them for reply, reported Times of India. There is a need to punish states that have not done enough in three years ( in implementation of Right to Education Act), said, Dr M M Pallam Raju Union Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) at the 61st meeting of Central Advisory Board on Education (CABE). The Minister said that there is consensus not to extend the deadline. Most of the states including ones ruled by Congress demanded extension and painted a grim scenario of thousands of schools closing down for missing the deadline. Raju also denied allegations that the Centre is being stubborn about extending the deadline and said people are free to move court against non-compliance by schools. Allying fears of large number of schools would close down following non- compliance of RTE Acte, Raju said the process of closing schools would be carried out by the state governments and they can be lenient. According to MHRD officials closing of schools are a long process running into several stages under which first notices would be sent out to schools and sufficient time would be given to them for reply, reported Times of India. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
