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Why the state of Indias primary education is shocking
Even as the government undertakes to educate all its children under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, private schools are mushrooming in rural India and attract 10 % more students every year, compared to the previous year. #Right to Education Act #Connecting The Dots #Private schools #primary education in India #quality of education
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RTE deadline: Unrecognised schools to shut down, not erring govt schools?
Unrecognised schools are not without serious problems. Their teachers are not all qualified, the schools are not open to inspection. But government schools are already facing a crisis of over-crowding and absent teachers, where does this leave the children? #Delhi government #Right to Education #Government schools #Private schools
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Will Sheila Dixit back quota for poor in private schools?
The Delhi Government will clarify its stand on reservation for poor children in private schools that were allotted land by the government, in the Delhi High Court today. #Sheila Dikshit #NewsTracker #Right to Education Act #quota #Economically Weaker Sections #Aam Admi Party #Private schools on government allotted land
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RTE: Why must the inclusion idea exclude the middle class?
Egalitarianism is okay but it should look at people between the poor and the rich. #HowThisWorks #MIddle Class #RTE #Private schools
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Sibal's RTE non-solution: focus on 7%, ignore the rest
The Right to Education Act has healthy aims of affirmative action, but it focuses on the 7 percent of schooling that works and not the 93 percent that doesn't. #Right to Education #Private school #HRD Minister Kapil Sibal
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Nursery admissions: Poor govt schools, not a reason to turn kids away
One can't deny that there is an urgent need to transform the government schools. But does it justify private schools refusing to admit children from underprivileged backgrounds? #ThatsJustWrong #Private school #Mina Swaminathan #Delhi Nursery Admissions