What do you know about the right to education?What have activists and Scholars working on education found out?
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What do you know about the right to education?What have activists and Scholars working on education found out?
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Rights and Reality
Theoretically, the national Right To Education Act (RTE) guarantees a good education to all. It also dictates that every recognised “private unaided school is required to reserve 25 % of its entry level seats for students from economically weaker sections and socially disadvantaged groups” (Section 12(1)(c)).
However, when Anurag began conducting research after his Fellowship, as the Lead of Advocacy and Community Engagement at Indus Action, he discovered that a majority of private schools regulated by the North, South, and East Delhi Municipal Corporations (MCD) were in violation of this provision. This meant that hundreds of children from backgrounds akin to the College Scholars were being denied their rights. He was deeply disturbed by the injustice.