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BLOG // MERIL ANTONY AND PRASHANT NARANG
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Building schools or building schools?
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Simran
and Rani used to cover only 50 steps to reach their school. Now, they
walk almost 4 km everyday to study in their new school. The previous
school had to close down due to verbal pressure from the district
officials.
In 2013-14, 1170 private schools have been shut down
thus affecting more than 40,000 students. These private schools have
been closed down on the grounds of non-compliance with the norms and
standards in the schedule as per the Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act (RTE), 2009 (‘Act’). These rules are only
applicable to private schools. The reasons for non-compliance have
mostly been rented building, less-than-mandated plot size and classroom
size.
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FULL STORY >>
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VIDEO // THE RTE PLATFORM
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#OpenYourEyes to Chinnu's dreams and life
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Featured: Child
Rights and You (CRY) shared this video with us last week, a brief
photo-essay into the life of Chinnu, who attends a budget private
school and works afterwards. He is inspired by Dr BR Ambedkar, and
wants to become an engineer when he grows up.
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VIDEOS
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RESEARCH // GLOBAL INITIATIVE-ESCR, JULY 2014
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Privatisation and its impact on the right to education of women and girls
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This
report on ‘Privatization and its Impact on the Right to Education of
Women and Girls,’ is informed by an e-consultation held via the Right
to Education Project Discussion Forum, as well as over Facebook and
Twitter. The discussion forum is a global, multilingual online forum.
The e-consultation began on 15 May 2014. In addition, this written
submission was also informed by a recent two-day workshop held in
Geneva, Switzerland (from 13-14 June) addressing privatization and the
human right to education. The workshop brought together advocates from
12 different countries (Belgium, Brazil, Ghana, India, Kenya, Lebanon,
Morocco, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, UK, and USA),
advocates representing networks from Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin
America and advocates from civil society organizations, including
teachers, working at a global level.
The
workshop specifically addressed gender discrimination within the
context of privatization of education and was used as an opportunity to
gather inputs into this written submission.
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OPINION
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DID YOU KNOW?
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FEATURED PUBLICATION
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Is contractual teaching a better option than hiring regular teachers who need to be paid salaries according to government rates?
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An extra year of secondary school increases a girl’s potential income by 15 to 25%.
Psacharopoulous, G. et al.
Returns to Investment in Education: A further Update. Policy Research Working Paper 2881 (Washington, DC: World Bank 2002)
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Boondein
Stories of Hope from Budget Private Schools in India
Coffee Table Book by NISA
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POLLS AND DISCUSSIONS
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PUBLICATIONS
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THE RTE NEWSREEL
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Delhi (NCT of Delhi) // The Deccan Herald // 8 July 2014
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South Corpn plans schools on wheels
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NEW
DELHI: July 8, 2014, DHNS: The South Corporation is planning to launch
mobile schools for delivering doorstep education to underprivileged
street children engaged in petty jobs for contributing to their
families’ income. The corporation is also planning to depute by August
7 about 40 counsellors to help primary school students who have fallen
prey to substance abuse..
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Global/International // Times of India // 7 July 2014
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Student learning in South Asia
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Since
2000, South Asian education systems have seen in creasing school
access, higher prioritisation in budget allocation and a dramatic
increase in enrolment rates in primary and secondary education. In
spite of this quantitative progress in education levels, there remains
a significant gap in qualitative outcomes, according to a new study by
the World Bank.
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Kerala // The New Indian Express // 5 July 2014
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Special Educators no More Daily Wagers
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
Over 1,300 resource teachers under the Central Government’s Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) project will no more have to work as daily wage
workers on a reduced pay. The SSA executive committee, chaired by the
Chief Secretary, has issued orders bringing the teachers back on
contract basis with a higher monthly salary. “The contract will be with
effect from May 28, when the Annual Work Plan & Budget for 2014-15
from the Union HRD Ministry was received by the state,” SSA state
project director E P Mohandas told Express..
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Jharkhand // Times of India // 4 July
2014
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New HRD rule to make pvt school admissions transparent
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RANCHI:
The human resource development department will soon make it mandatory
for city-based private schools to upload all information, including
admission procedure, for proper implementation of Right to Education
Act. All private schools in the city will get separate login IDs and
passwords for uploading information like number of students from
economically weak background, details of affiliation, number of
teachers and their qualification, among others.
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Andhra Pradesh // The Hindu // 4 July 2014
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SCERT proposes change in school timings
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The
State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has proposed
changing the school timings from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. in government
schools as required under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. This is
being done, according to officials, to ensure that students spend 45
hours a week in school, an increase of over five hours over the
existing 40 hours of teaching.
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