Know Your Rights - Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, India

Have you left your children to basic schooling in India?a fraud on their right to education. There is no free
Have you assessed the "law on the right of childreneducation or quality education.
to free and compulsory education and the right toThe kids know the highlights of the Act the right to
education", which came into force on 1 April 2010 ineducation?
India? The law on the right to schooling is the firstChild's Right to Education Act made education a
law in the world that puts the responsibility to ensurefundamental right for all children aged 6 and 14 and
the enrollment, attendance and completion of basicspecifies the minimum quality of education in public
education for children aged between 6 and 14 on theschools. It requires all private schools for basic
government. It is the responsibility of parents toeducation to reserve seats by 25% for children of
send their children to school for basic education in thepoor parents (to be reimbursed by the State under
U.S.the terms of public-private partnership). Child's Right
If not, how you will follow the legal course to solveto Education Act also provides that no child shall be
problems arising from the "law on the right of childrendetained, expelled, or required to pass a State Council
to free and compulsory education and the right tountil the completion of basic education. There is also a
education"? Very few countries are serious aboutprovision of children's right to education for the right
promoting right to basic education for their childrento special training for school leavers to make them
and help their jurisdiction, if it did not protect theequal with students of similar age.
rights of children to education. Do you know whyChild's Right to Education Act requires that
many poor children do not use the free educationinvestigations that will monitor all districts to identify
available since independence in India? Do you knowchildren who need education, and establish facilities to
why the number of poor children could not get aprovide it. Specialist education of children should be
quality education? You know, all these issues haveinvolved.
been corrected by accepting reimbursement for"The law on children's right to free and compulsory
private school quality education for children?education and the right to education" is the first law
Being a student of the Post-Graduate Diploma inin the world that puts the responsibility to ensure the
Human Rights, have attempted to summarize what isenrollment, attendance and completion of
"The Law of children to free and compulsorygovernment. It is the responsibility of parents to
education and the right to schooling in India"?send their children to school in the most developed
On December 10, 1948, the United Nations Generalcountries.
Assembly adopted and proclaimed the UniversalThe right of disabled children up to age 18 has also
Declaration of Human Rights in India and since he hasbeen made a fundamental right. A number of other
accepted. Under Article 26 rights, children have theprovisions concerning the improvement of school
right to education. Education shall be free, at least atinfrastructure, teacher-student ratio and teachers are
the base. Constitution of India also offers freemade to the law.
education to children.State Children's right to education Act provides a
The quality of schooling provided to children by publicspecial organization, the National Council for the
schools in India is still in question. Many Muslim childrenProtection of the Rights of the Child, an independent
resist distant schools for education. The education ofbody to monitor the implementation of the law, and
children in public schools remained riddled withcommissions to be established.
absenteeism and poor management andHave you tried to find the right of children to the law
appointments based on political expediency. Despiteof schooling? Have you ever tried to know that the
the lure of free food served in public schools, childrenright to basic schooling for children is covered your
prefer private schools for education. Poor children dorights universal? Have you ever tried to know why
not go to private schools for schooling and the highpoor children are denied teaching? I demand to know
cost structure and education in local languages hasand support the right of children to free and
been denied. Many poor children have been examiningcompulsory teaching in the world?