http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Mon, 20 May 2013 02:18:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/right-to-food-or-right-to-re-election-upas-empty-gun-668319.html#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:54:26 +0000 Jagannathan http://www.firstpost.com/?p=668319 The UPA has legislated too many rights without creating the supply infrastructure for delivering those rights. This is creating a right royal mess and driven more by electoral logic than good sense.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/right-to-food-or-right-to-re-election-upas-empty-gun-668319.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/govt-says-no-to-states-demand-for-extending-rte-deadline-683498.html#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:03:35 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=683498 The government today rejected the demand of some states of extending the Right to Education (RTE) deadline on meeting infrastructure norms but asked them to act tough on schools which are lagging behind. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/govt-says-no-to-states-demand-for-extending-rte-deadline-683498.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/delhi/delhi-hc-ruling-on-rte-will-only-benefit-private-schools-say-parents-631661.html#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:21:48 +0000 Arlene http://www.firstpost.com/?p=631661 Parents of nursery school students in Delhi and education counsellors said that the Delhi High Court judgement will only benefit private schools who have been practicing these discriminatory processes.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/delhi/delhi-hc-ruling-on-rte-will-only-benefit-private-schools-say-parents-631661.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/delhi/nursery-admissions-delhi-hc-decision-today-nac-member-writes-to-cj-630120.html#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:30:42 +0000 Pallavi http://www.firstpost.com/?p=630120 Refuting the Centre’s stand in the High Court that the Right to Education (RTE) Act does not apply to Nursery or pre-school, a member of the National Advisory Council, RTE, has written to the Chief Justice.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/delhi/nursery-admissions-delhi-hc-decision-today-nac-member-writes-to-cj-630120.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/delhi/centres-stand-in-nursery-admissions-disappointing-ncpcr-chairperson-626702.html#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:32:01 +0000 Pallavi http://www.firstpost.com/?p=626702 Activists have alleged the government's stand on RTE and nursery admissions shows that it is acting in collusion with private nursery schools.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/delhi/centres-stand-in-nursery-admissions-disappointing-ncpcr-chairperson-626702.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/rte-deadline-govt-to-fine-unregistered-schools-rs-1-lakh-from-april-620919.html#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:15:16 +0000 Pallavi http://www.firstpost.com/?p=620919 In its latest notice, the government has warned unrecognised schools that after March 31, as per the RTE Act, they will attract legal action which includes, a one-time fine of Rs 1 lakh and an additional Rs 10,000 for every day that they continue to function without recognition.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/rte-deadline-govt-to-fine-unregistered-schools-rs-1-lakh-from-april-620919.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/delhi/rtes-d-day-will-delhi-do-away-with-the-points-system-617551.html#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:20:45 +0000 Pallavi http://www.firstpost.com/?p=617551 What will the implications be, should the High Court judgment render the present system of admissions – the points system – a violation of the RTE Act?]]> http://www.firstpost.com/delhi/rtes-d-day-will-delhi-do-away-with-the-points-system-617551.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/money-down-the-drain-upa-spending-is-largely-wasted-499625.html#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:08:46 +0000 Jagannathan http://www.firstpost.com/?p=499625 The UPA has spent hundreds of thousands of crores in aam aadmi schemes, but most of it delivers little bang for the buck.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/money-down-the-drain-upa-spending-is-largely-wasted-499625.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/rte-discrimination-were-teachers-representing-fears-of-middle-class-382713.html#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:11:26 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/?p=382713 Is there any justification possible by the teachers of the Bangalore school, where RTE quota students faced discrimination? ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/rte-discrimination-were-teachers-representing-fears-of-middle-class-382713.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/muslim-law-board-demands-amendment-to-rte-349470.html#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:09:33 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=349470 The borad complained that the Right to Education Act was not suited for Madrassa. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/muslim-law-board-demands-amendment-to-rte-349470.html/feed 0