Right to Education Act-Success or Failure

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Why do I see children aged between 6-14 years being exploited and made to work in factories? Why do I see children begging on the roads? The objective of the Right to Education Act 2010 was to ensure free and quality education to children (6-14 years) in all the states throughout INDIA. But I am disappointed to tell you that this act has been regarded as a Maha Failure in many states of India by education experts. Although this Act was a great ambition, unfortunately, it has more wrongs than rights. Here are some reasons why I regard this act as a great failure: Number 1- You would be Astonished to know that the ratio of students to teachers in many schools under this Act is 60:1! There is a massive lack of teachers in our country and even more in states like Rajasthan. I am even shocked to know that the minimum qualification for teachers in many cities for these schools for these underprivileged students is JUST 5th standard pass for women and 8th standard pass for men. They can’t depart Quality education. HOW CAN YOU EXPECT THESE STUDENTS TO GET EDUCATED PUSH INDIA TO SUCCESS IF THIS ACT ISN’T IMPLEMENTED EFFECTIVELY?? Jayant Jain, the president of the Forum of Fairness in Education, believes that this act has been a failure. He says that there should be a proper administrative unit or department to look over the implementation of this Act which isn’t present as of now. ----------------------- The Schools aren’t properly communicated about this Act by the state governments and hence, the private schools refuse admission or don’t know what steps to take in direction of this Goal. ----------------------- As I had said earlier, If this ACT had been implemented effectively throughout India and had been an “Success” ,we would not see the many examples of Child EXPLOITATION and Illiteracy in our society and instead these children

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