Parliament passes Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017
Parliament has passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017 with Rajya Sabha approving it. Lok Sabha had passed it earlier.
The Bill amends the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), 2009 by extending the deadline for teachers to acquire the prescribed minimum qualifications for appointment.
Key Facts
In the parent Act, provision to possess minimum qualifications by teachers was relaxed for a period not exceeding five years (till March 2015) in case state does not have adequate teacher training institutions or sufficient number of qualified teachers.
The amendment bill gives last chance to inadequately qualified teachers as on March 31, 2015, working after enactment of the RTE Act, 2009 to acquire minimum qualifications within a period of four years (till March 31, 2019) to hold their jobs as teachers.
Comment
The RTE Act, 2009 envisages free and compulsory elementary education to every child in the age group of 6-14 years. The amendments to RTE Act, 2009 will enable the in-service untrained elementary teachers to complete their training and ensure that all teachers at the elementary level have certain minimum standard of qualifications in order to maintain the standard of teaching quality.
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Month: Current Affairs - August, 2017
Sumesh
August 8, 2017 at 10:40 pmUnder RTE the amendment may please carried out regarding passout of all students upto 9th class should be stopped. At present we can se the students lack of basic knowledge. They will be hard workers on studies only after realise didnt pass if we studied well.
Sumesh
August 8, 2017 at 10:40 pmUnder RTE the amendment may please carried out regarding passout of all students upto 9th class should be stopped. At present we can se the students lack of basic knowledge. They will be hard workers on studies only after realise didnt pass if we studied well.