Gujarat govt raises income limit for parents to be eligible for free schooling under Right to Education ActThe Gujarat government has increased the income limit for school admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act-2009 to ₹6 lakh annually...
RTE quota: HC junks Maharashtra govt notification giving conditional exemption to private schoolsThe Bombay High Court has ruled against the Maharashtra government's notification exempting private schools from RTE Act quota admissions, ...
RTE Act: SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking common syllabus, curriculum for children across IndiaThe PIL said it is the duty of the Union to effectuate a common education system but it has failed in the fulfilment of this necessary obli...
Pleas on RTE in nursery admission not to go to larger bench: Supreme CourtIt had allowed the plea of the Centre that the RTE Act was applicable to children between 6 and 14 years of age only and the states were fr...
'Bring pre-primary, secondary sections under ambit of RTE Act'UNICEF representative in India Louis Georges Arsenault said the Act needs to be implemented in its true spirit "by including pre-school and...
Nitish Kumar affirms strict implementation of Right To Education in BiharBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today underscored his government's commitment to strictly enforce implementation of the Right To Educatio...
'Privatisation has not raised the quality of national education'Government's failure to maintain reasonable quality of education is the main cause behind the demand for private schools.
Kannada wary parents may rush to CBSE, ICSE schoolsGovernment's recent amendment to the RTE Act to make Kannada the medium of instruction in classes 1 to 5 -which is awaiting the President's...
Gujarat data on toilet facility at government schools unreliable: CAGThe compliance audit was part of the CAG report on local bodies in Gujarat for year ended March 2013, which was tabled in the state Legisla...
CBSE schools brought under DSE for RTE Act implementationThe state government had failed to prescribe the competent authority to grant recognition for CBSE schools on the basis of the RTE Act.
Supreme Court to states, union territories: Reply on plea alleging violation of Right to Education (RTE) ActThe SC today sought response of the Centre, all states and UTs on a petition alleging that there was violation of Right to Education Act.
- Delhi govt asked to decide on change in rules for nursery admission
The Delhi High Court today directed Delhi government to take a decision within three months on a plea for an amendment in admission procedu...
Congress MP against some RTE rules implemented in Goa schoolsA senior Congress leader from Goa today appealed to the BJP-led state government not to implement certain rules of Right to Education (RTE)...
RTE is absolutely foolish policy: Manohar ParrikarGoa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today called the Right to Education (RTE) Act as Union Minister Kapil Sibal's "absolutely foolish polic...
- Kapil Sibal meets representatives from disability sector opposing RTE Act
Sibal met representatives from the disability sector opposing the amended RTE Act that provides home-based schooling to severely disabled c...
- Delhi govt sanctions 13,000 posts of teachers
Lovely said govt plans to set up more schools in the city to cater to growing needs and for effective implementation of the RTE Act.
- RTE Act will take 3 more years to show results: Sibal
Many hurdles have to be overcome for effective implementation of the Act as the states don't have the necessary "wherewithal and infrastruc...