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BLOG // LUIS MIRANDA
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Impact Of The RTE Shutdown Of Schools
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Some
years ago I wrote in an article that Right to Education (RTE) could
cause budget schools to shut down. And that is happening today. As
feared, RTE has made it more difficult for children to go to school
whereas it should have created more opportunities for them. Let’s
understand the issue. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory
Education Act, 2009, (popularly known as ‘RTE’) gives every child the
right to full-time elementary education of satisfactory and equitable
quality in a formal school (which satisfies certain essential norms and
standards). These input norms include prescribed Pupil-Teacher Ratios,
standards for buildings and infrastructure, defined school-working
days, defined teacher-working hours and the appointment of
appropriately trained teachers. There is no mention at all about
outputs and no requirements about improving the quality of education.
[For more information on the RTE you can check
http://www.righttoeducation.in/].
In
the recent past, budget schools have proliferated in India. These
schools charge fees of around Rs 200-600 per month and serve as an
alternative to the free government school system. Given the low fees,
these schools cannot afford large infrastructure or offer the same
salaries that government schools offer their teachers. But many parents
prefer to spend money sending their children to these budget schools
instead of sending them for free to a government school.
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VIDEO // NDTV INDIA, MAY 2014
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Are Educational Certificates The Only Measure Of A Person's Intellect?
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A
huge political is going on over the educational qualification of
the newly-appointed HRD minister Smriti Irani. Should we estimate the
worth of a person on the basis of certificates when a large number of
the greatest achievers the world has known are or were college
dropouts. We debate!.
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VIDEOS
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RESEARCH // INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (IDEAS), JULY 2014
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Dropping Out Of School In Malaysia: What We Know And What Needs To Be Done
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In
2013, IDEAS conducted a survey on education, also known as Giving Voice
to the Poor, to uncover the needs and aspirations of parents from
low-income households around Malaysia. The survey covered over 1,200
respondents of which 150 respondents had at least one child who had
dropped out of school. This paper takes a closer look at this group of
150 in an attempt to further understand issues that parents perceive as
the reasons for a child dropping out. These reasons include a lack of
interest for school, the inability to pay for education-related
expenses, and poor academic performance among others. Involvement of
parents in a child’s education related activities at home, frequency of
interaction of parents with school teachers, management and PTA, and
parents’ opinions of education including technical and vocational
education pathways are also considered. While data from the Ministry of
Education show that the dropout rates are low in Malaysia, the absolute
number of students leaving the system before completing a full
secondary education reaches into the thousands. A majority of these
students are from low-income households, hindering their ability to
improve upon their socioeconomic status.
This paper hopes to add
to the existing literature on dropouts in Malaysia and provide a more
contemporary look at the issue and proposes that the issue of dropouts
in the country deserves a reexamination in the form of a more
comprehensive study.
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OPINION
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DID YOU KNOW?
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FEATURED
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Degrees Or Abilities - What Makes A Good HRD Minister?
Smriti
Irani's '6-day degree' (now certificate) programme from Yale led to yet
another debate about formal qualifications and suitability for a job:
what is your take?
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"Bihar Is Where Learning Is Fun: Mission Gunwatta"
Government schools in Bihar test grouping children by level of learning instead of age for improving outcomes. Ashwaq Masoodi writes.
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SOS: Save 300,000 Budget Private Schools
Special Report by Autar Nehru, Aruna Ravikumar and Nadia Lewis, Education World: The Human Development Magazine, August 2014
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THE RTE NEWSREEL
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All-India // Zee News // 26 August 2014
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NGOs Pursue Education For All
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Right
to Education Bill was a milestone in many ways in the history of Indian
education sector. However, there are many stumbling blocks that need to
be cleared. Gauri Rane speaks to NGOs in pursuit of the goal of
education for all.
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Global // The Mercury // 25 August 2014
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The Moral Price Of Private Schooling
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Frank
Meintjies says South Africa needs to guard against the undermining of
the fundamental right to education. Privatisation of schooling in South
Africa is on the up – and it’s a worrying trend. Private or independent
schools were always part of the landscape; around 1994 there were just
over 500 registered schools, but this number had ballooned to more than
five times that number in 2012.
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All India // Live Mint // 25 August 2014
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Human Resources Development Ministry Calls Meet On Outcomes
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New
Delhi: Union human resources ministry officials led by minister Smriti
Irani will meet state education secretaries on Tuesday to review the
outcome of the right to education (RTE) act, the mid-day meal (MDM)
scheme and efforts to improve female literacy, as the new government
nears its 100th day in office.
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Global // The Express Tribune // 23 August 2014
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A Commendable Step
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In
a rare instance of communities pushing back against threats by
extremists, the schools that were closed in Panjgur, western
Balochistan, are again open. In early May, pamphlets were distributed
threatening violence if the schools did not stop co-education and what
was described as a ‘Westernised’ curriculum (the schools all taught
English as a second or third language).
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Maharashtra // Times of India // 22 August 2014
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PIL: Good Roads Should Be Schoolchildren's Right
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The right to have motorable roads should be made integral to right to
education, says a PIL, highlighting the "nightmare" of children who
have to walk through a 500-metre stretch to attend their school in
Aarey Milk Colony, Goregaon (East). BEST has refused to ply buses on
the stretch, saying it is risky as the road is narrow and uneven.
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