TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has constituted a committee under the chairpersonship of Ashok Agarwal , a legal expert and associated with Social Jurist, to look into the implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009 in city schools.
The committee would look into different aspects of government schools such as socio-economic background of children, service conditions , training, status of teachers, administrative functioning and structure of education departments. This 11-member committee draws experts and stakeholders from different spheres like faculty members of NCERT and National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), representatives from NGOs, a MCD schoolteacher and some individual experts working in related areas.
According to Hemnat Kumar , assistant editor, NCERT, The NCERT has taken this initiative to prepare an elaborate policy framework to enable the implementation of RTE Act in schools of Delhi. The aim is to recommend this policy framework to MCD, NDMC, Delhi Cantonment Board and the Delhi administration , which would help them prepare for the challenges posed by RTE Act for providing quality education to children from classes I to VIII. This is crucial for these agencies as within six months of the notification of RTE Act the state government will be required to fulfill the Acts mandate.
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