Right to Education

And so why am I suddenly talking about the RTE today???


Well, my cab driver today was a talkative fellow who was apologetic because he was late, he was late because he had to purchase forms for nursery admission for his son whom he wants to get admitted to a private school and not to a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) School.

After talking to him, I realized how important the RTE is for a country like India, in fact I was very happy that the UPA Government has implemented the RTE, but as I read online, it was simply the sad old story that repeats itself everywhere in India...scheme to bana di, but implementation bhool gaye...

I know the implementation of RTE is a long term project, but shouldn't it have at least started now?

According to what I read; It has been 8 months since the act came into force on 1st April 2010, but private schools openly flout the guidelines of RTE by conducting screening tests for students and interviews for parents and Government schools...well they don't have the number of teachers required...and even where they have the manpower, the teachers are simply not interested.

And how and why would they be. From what I could find on the net, the average starting salary for a government teacher in a city is around 8,000-10,000 while it is even less for smaller towns. How can you expect a person who is earning such a petty amount to be interested in teaching...?

Well, I hope, there is some turnaround soon, so that even a 5 year old son of a cab driver can dream of becoming a doctor or engineer.


For more info on RTE : http://right-to-education-india.blogspot.com/