This column analyses the current status of implementation of Section 12(1)(c) of the Right to Education Act, and suggests ways to overcome hindrances in effective implementation and make the education system more inclusive.
Author: accountability
The wrong way to fix government schools
Solution is not to force people with power to participate in government schools, but, to grant power to the people who already do
Study picks holes in midday meal scheme
A study by Accountability Initiative – PAISA district survey of MDM – in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has found significant problems with the way MDM is managed in two states.
Less than 30 per cent pvt school seats reserved under RTE
Less than 30 per cent of the seats earmarked for disadvantaged students in private schools under the RTE norm has been filled up.
Private schools fill just 29% of 2 million seats for kids from poor families
Survey finds that Delhi (92%), Madhya Pradesh (88%) and Rajasthan (69%) were among states that fared better
Only 1 pc schools implemented RTE Act in A.P.
Less than one per cent of seats were filled in the schools in the combined Andhra Pradesh under the mandatory 25 per cent reserved seats as per the Right to Education (RTE) Act.
Delhi fares well in economically weaker sections admission
The implementation of the Right to Education Act’s Section 12(1)(c), which requires private-unaided schools to reserve 25% seats for kids from economically weaker sections (EWS) and disadvantaged groups (DG), has been most successful in Delhi.
How PAISA Is Establishing Data Driven Accountability in the Education Sector
“Do Schools Get Their Money?” is one of the key questions which drives the PAISA (Planning, Allocations and Expenditures, Institutions: Studies in Accountability) project at Accountability Initiative
The Post-Office State
As the example of education shows, India’s bureaucratic reforms are falling short of maximising governance – See more at: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/post-office-state-education-bureaucratic#sthash.XamSwY5P.dpuf
Deconstructing Union Budget 2015-16: what has changed?
The budget has left unanswered some critical questions about the future of key social sector schemes