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ROLE OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION/NGO's TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RTE ACT-2009
ROLE OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION/NGO's TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RTE ACT-2009
ROLE OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION/NGO's TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RTE ACT-2009
Abstract
The idea of a common school system is an old as Kothari Commission (1964-66) emphasized as the
expansion of educational institutions broadly with an accent on equalization of educational opportunities. The
committee had recommended education to people of all straits of society and envisaged a common school
system of public education. In the light of recent passage of Right to Education Act as a fundamental right to all
children between 6-14 years of age. There is a critical need to find ways in which this can be realized. 21 st is
also now widely acknowledged that without community as a primary stakeholder in the process, this right would
not meet its intent. The act provides for various entry points for such a purpose, most critical of them being
school management committees. Oxfam and many other civil society organizational have been working through
various models for quite some time in which community of parents, teachers, local institutions and civil society
have been working together provide a vision in which this right can be realized. In this study we are discussing
about the role of community/ NGOs in implementing free and compulsory education and what measures we
have to adopt to solve the problems of dropouts.
Introduction:
The Right to Education has been universally recognized since the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights in 1948 (though referred to by the ILO as early as 1920) and has since been
enshrined in various International Conventions, National Constitutions and Development
Plans. However, while the vast majority of the countries have signed up to and ratifies
International Conventions (such as UN Convention on the Rights of the Child). India as a
signatory to the above conventions, passed the Bill for implementation of Free and
Compulsory Education for Children between the age of 6 and 14 years through its
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RIGHT TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT-2009:Therefore, the role of community involvement/ NGOs in implementing the Right to Free and
Compulsory Education Act-2009 becomes very vital in the following areas:W
here the parents are unwilling or unlikely to send their children for schooling even
when the facilities for free education are available in the neighbourhood.
O
rphans and destitute who normally become pray to the gangs who engage them for
begging, rag picking, shoe polishing etc.
W
here the parents think that the childrens education is not the priority but their support
to the family income in the form of working in farmland, grazing cattle in the fields,
domestic works is necessary.
W
here the parents of girl child is discriminated by not sending her to school when the
sons are enrolled in schools. This is because of well known reasons like social taboos,
sibling care, domestic works, fuel wood gathering, water fetching, cooking, early
marriage etc.
B
y assisting/providing skill development techniques and aids to the children who are
persons with disabilities as because the schools in the neighbourhood lack such
facilities/infrastructure.
A
s there is a huge gap of teachers requirement in comparison to the number of children
who are supposed to get free and compulsory education the government is not fully
equipped in filling this gap within a time frame therefore, the importance of
community institutions/ NGOs play a very vital role in implementing the act.
A
s the act has been named as Free and Compulsory Education Act for children in the
age group of 6 to 14 years there is no system evolved in it to enforce the provisions
through a machinery for compulsorily enrolling the children in the age group of 6 to
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