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Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Apr 25, 2016

APF Study on School Closure: Questionable Quality & Reckless Claims

A recent study by Azim Premji Foundation (APF) titled “Right to Education Act (RTE), 2009 and Private School Closure in India” has received wide media coverage and ignited debate over the impact of RTE on private…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Dec 17, 2013

Five Benefits of 25% Reservation in Private Schools to the Government

As per the section 12 of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, 25% reservation of seats is mandated at the entry level (class I or nursery) in private schools for weaker sections and…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Mar 22, 2013

Lopsided Justice- Fate of low budget private schools under RTE

By Arvind Ilamaran

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 lays out a set of conditions that need to be satisfied by every school other than those established, run or…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Jan 8, 2013

Pakistan passes RTE Bill –does a piecemeal job copy-pasting bad legislation from its neighbour

Comparison of Indian RTE Act and Pakistan RTE Bill

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

May 2, 2012

Improving upon RTE

Rajeev Mantri and Harsh Gupta in Mint dissect the motivations and impact of RTE and suggest that “dramatically more educational spending by Delhi is not fiscally possible, and repealing RTE is not politically feasible. Therefore, we must now push for as many exemptions as possible within the…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Apr 29, 2012

States Start Learning Fast

Expanding access, promoting quality and ensuring equity through free and compulsory education for every child between the ages of 6 and 14 is the grand promise of the Right to Education Act. The implementation of the Act is in state hands and states have been drafting rules to…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Apr 25, 2012

How to fulfil the RTE promise

Centre must fund the states, but let them identify the students who need help

After the Supreme Court judgment on the constitutionality of the Right to Education Act (RTE), the onus is now on the government to design a transparent, fair and…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Mar 16, 2010

Set the Delhi schools free

Activist lawyer A. Aggarwal has written a report together with a committee at NCERT on the implementation of Right to Education Rules in Delhi. A brief outline of the report appeared today (17/03/2010) in Indian Express (the full report is at the RTE Coalition Portal, here).

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Feb 23, 2010

Sibal-Das Debate on RTE

Gurcharan Das gave a keynote address at the annual meeting of the National Progressive Schools Conference which was followed by the speech of MHRD Minister Kapil Sibal. Sibal’s comments on the issues raised by Das led to several media stories.