Delhi Govt insensitive towards education of Mentally Retarded Children - Delhi Govt, Department of Social Welfare run Asha Kiran Home which shelter approximately 800 mentally retarded destitute persons. Nearly half of these are children below age of 18 years. A year's back, I had raised issue in a meeting chaired by Mr. Rakesh Mohan, Delhi Education Secretary in regard to providing education to the children of the Asha Kiran Home in mainstream school in terms of their right to education. It was agreed that a team from Edu Deptt would visit the Home and identify the children for the purpose of education in Govt School adjacent to the Home. About 7-8 months back, a team headed by Mr.R.P.Yadav, DDE visited the Home. I also accompanied them. After discussion with the Home's Incharge, it was estimated that nearly 200 children could be imparted education in the Govt School. Later on, the experts in the field from Edu Department interacted with the children to get the accurate picture.
Today I have come to know that though the Education Department has so far identified over 36 children who could be admitted immediately and taught in the school but the Department of Social Welfare has refused to send these children to the next door mainstream govt school on a totally rubbish ground that they cannot take risk. There are other 150 or so children who could also be prepared in due course to join mainstream school. However, the Social Welfare Deptt which has no education facilities with them have actually made the mockery of right to education of these lesser god children by refusing to send them to next door mainstream govt school.
In these circumstances, the Social Jurist would take up the matter very soon with the Hon'ble Delhi High Court.
Monday, October 24, 2011
MISSION SCHOOL ADMISSION 2012
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PARENTS PROTEST AGAINST FEE-HIKE IN THE GUISE OF SMART CLASS
A large number of students and parents of St Lowrence Convent School, Geeta Colony, as well as parents members of All India Parents Association today protested outside the office of the Director of Education, Govt of NCT of Delhi, Old Secretariat Building against serious psychological violence on hundreds of innocent children studying in St. Lowrence Convent School by the school authorities in the guise of ‘’Smart Class’’.
With placards in their hands, the protestors shouted slogans against the government and school authorities. The protestors led by social activist and national president of All India Parents Association, Mr Ashok Agarwal, thereafter met the Director of Education and apprised him of the blatant discrimination taking place in the school. Mr Agarwal also submitted a detailed memorandum in the matter and sought immediate action against the school in the matter.
According to Mr Agarwal, the school has increased the fees in the mid-session in the guise of Smart Class in clear violation of Section
17 of Delhi School Education Act, 1973 as the school has not obtained prior permission from DOE for increasing the fees. Moreover, when the parents objected to the illegal action of the school, the school resorted to discriminate their wards by separating their classes. Even 41 EWS students were not spared by the school as they were declined the facility of EDUCOMP as they were unable to meet the demand of the school. They were also unjustly separated by other students.
Narrating the humiliation, harassment and discrimination by the management and school authorities of St Lowrence Convent School, the children and their parents said they have been completely traumatized; and if no immediate action is taken to check it would leave a permanent scar on the innocent minds.
According to the memorandum submitted to the Director of Education, some glaring facts relating to the case are as follows:
(i) The school has implemented a new "Smart Class" program and is
charging Rs 400/- per month per student. And from 17.10.2011 onwards
school has divided (DISCRIMINATED) students as "EDUCOMP STUDENTS" and
"NON-EDUCOMP STUDENTS." Therefore, those students who have not paid
this "Smart Class" Charges are not allowed to sit with their
classmates for merely Rs. 400/. This is despite the fact that all
students have already paid their Quarterly Fee of approx. Rs. 8,500.
(ii) The school authorities have gone to the extent of dividing
(discriminating) non-educomp students’ classes in different rooms and
even teachers, sections and their classmates have been changed.
(iii) This sudden discriminatory change in the middle of the session
will not just make the children unable to concentrate in their studies
but will have a serious negative psychological impact on their
innocent minds.
(iv) As many as 500-odd students have not paid this Smart Class Charges.
(v) This Educomp charge itself is on the higher side. The school has
Educomp as their Official Partner in this project. On the website of
Educomp it is clearly mentioned that Smart Class Charges are between
Rs 100-150 per student per month.
The memorandum further stated that the aforesaid action on the part of the school
tantamount to commercialization of Education. It is all greed on the
part of the school which has resulted in exploitation of hapless
parents/students. Apart from that, the same is in clear violation of
Section 17 of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act,
2009 which prohibits physical punishment and mental harassment to
child. Moreover, the same amounts to cruelty to child and attracts
punishment under Section 23 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection
of Children) Act, 2000. U.S. Supreme Court in
case of Brown v. Board of Education 347 U.S. 283 (1954) where it has
been held that “separate education facilities are inherently unequal”
and thus, violate the doctrine of equality
With placards in their hands, the protestors shouted slogans against the government and school authorities. The protestors led by social activist and national president of All India Parents Association, Mr Ashok Agarwal, thereafter met the Director of Education and apprised him of the blatant discrimination taking place in the school. Mr Agarwal also submitted a detailed memorandum in the matter and sought immediate action against the school in the matter.
According to Mr Agarwal, the school has increased the fees in the mid-session in the guise of Smart Class in clear violation of Section
17 of Delhi School Education Act, 1973 as the school has not obtained prior permission from DOE for increasing the fees. Moreover, when the parents objected to the illegal action of the school, the school resorted to discriminate their wards by separating their classes. Even 41 EWS students were not spared by the school as they were declined the facility of EDUCOMP as they were unable to meet the demand of the school. They were also unjustly separated by other students.
Narrating the humiliation, harassment and discrimination by the management and school authorities of St Lowrence Convent School, the children and their parents said they have been completely traumatized; and if no immediate action is taken to check it would leave a permanent scar on the innocent minds.
According to the memorandum submitted to the Director of Education, some glaring facts relating to the case are as follows:
(i) The school has implemented a new "Smart Class" program and is
charging Rs 400/- per month per student. And from 17.10.2011 onwards
school has divided (DISCRIMINATED) students as "EDUCOMP STUDENTS" and
"NON-EDUCOMP STUDENTS." Therefore, those students who have not paid
this "Smart Class" Charges are not allowed to sit with their
classmates for merely Rs. 400/. This is despite the fact that all
students have already paid their Quarterly Fee of approx. Rs. 8,500.
(ii) The school authorities have gone to the extent of dividing
(discriminating) non-educomp students’ classes in different rooms and
even teachers, sections and their classmates have been changed.
(iii) This sudden discriminatory change in the middle of the session
will not just make the children unable to concentrate in their studies
but will have a serious negative psychological impact on their
innocent minds.
(iv) As many as 500-odd students have not paid this Smart Class Charges.
(v) This Educomp charge itself is on the higher side. The school has
Educomp as their Official Partner in this project. On the website of
Educomp it is clearly mentioned that Smart Class Charges are between
Rs 100-150 per student per month.
The memorandum further stated that the aforesaid action on the part of the school
tantamount to commercialization of Education. It is all greed on the
part of the school which has resulted in exploitation of hapless
parents/students. Apart from that, the same is in clear violation of
Section 17 of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act,
2009 which prohibits physical punishment and mental harassment to
child. Moreover, the same amounts to cruelty to child and attracts
punishment under Section 23 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection
of Children) Act, 2000. U.S. Supreme Court in
case of Brown v. Board of Education 347 U.S. 283 (1954) where it has
been held that “separate education facilities are inherently unequal”
and thus, violate the doctrine of equality
Thursday, October 20, 2011
TRAVELLING CLAIM - MRS.KIRAN BEDI CANNOT JUSTIFY HER ACTION
Indian Courts have held in several cases that claiming reimbursement of money on a/c of travelling expenses more than what is actually spent is a very serious misconduct in service law attracting major penalty of dismissal or removal from service. What Ms. Kiran Bedi has done involves an element of moral turpitude which can not be justified by any stretch of imagination. It is totally immaterial whether the money has gone in NGO or personal account.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
STOP SCHOOL TO DISCRIMINATE STUDENTS OR FACE DEMONSTRATION ON MONDAY
ALL INDIA PARENTS ASSOCIATION
Agarwal Bhawan, G. T. Road,
Tis Hazari, Delhi - 54
To,
Shri Diwan Chand
Director of Education,
Govt. of NCT of Delhi,
Old Secretariat, Delhi
20.10.2011
SUB: Complaint regarding serious psychological violence on hundreds of innocent children studying in St. Lowrence Convent School by the school authorities in the guise of ‘’Smart Class’’
DearSir,
This is to bring to your urgent notice the shocking case of humiliation, harassment and discrimination of hundreds of innocent children by the management and school authorities of St Lowrence Convent School, Geeta Colony Faculty Centre, Delhi-51 in the pretext of "Smart Class" which has left the children studying in that school completely traumatized; and if no immediate action is taken to check it would leave a permanent scar on the innocent minds.
Some glaring facts relating to the case are as follows:
(i) The school has implemented a new "Smart Class" program and is charging Rs 400/- per month per student. And from 17.10.2011 onwards school has divided (DISCRIMINATED) students as "EDUCOMP STUDENTS" and "NON-EDUCOMP STUDENTS." Therefore, those students who have not paid this "Smart Class" Charges are not allowed to sit with their classmates for merely Rs. 400/. This is despite the fact that all students have already paid their Quarterly Fee of approx. Rs. 8,500.
(ii) The school authorities have gone to the extent of dividing (discriminating) non-educomp students’ classes in different rooms and even teachers, sections and their classmates have been changed.
(iii) This sudden discriminatory change in the middle of the session will not just make the children unable to concentrate in their studies but will have a serious negative psychological impact on their innocent minds.
(iv) As many as 500-odd students have not paid this Smart Class Charges.
(v) This Educomp charge itself is on the higher side. The school has Educomp as their Official Partner in this project. On the website of Educomp it is clearly mentioned that Smart Class Charges are between Rs 100-150 per student per month.
It is submitted that the aforesaid action on the part of the school tantamount to commercialization of Education. It is all greed on the part of the school which has resulted in exploitation of hapless parents/students. Apart from that, the same is in clear violation of Section 17 of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 which prohibits physical punishment and mental harassment to child. Moreover, the same amounts to cruelty to child and attracts punishment under Section 23 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.
Your kind attention is invited to a judgment of U.S. Supreme Court in case of Brown v. Board of Education 347 U.S. 283 (1954) where it has been held that “separate education facilities are inherently unequal” and thus, violate the doctrine of equality.
If immediate action is not taken against the school by the Directorate of Education to check this discrimination it would leave a permanent scar on the innocent minds and we will be left with no option but to hold a peaceful Protest Demonstration in front of your office on Monday 24 October 2011 at 4.00 p.m. for the well-being of our children.
With regards
Ashok Agarwal, Advocate
National President, AIPA
M-09811101923
20/10/11
Agarwal Bhawan, G. T. Road,
Tis Hazari, Delhi - 54
To,
Shri Diwan Chand
Director of Education,
Govt. of NCT of Delhi,
Old Secretariat, Delhi
20.10.2011
SUB: Complaint regarding serious psychological violence on hundreds of innocent children studying in St. Lowrence Convent School by the school authorities in the guise of ‘’Smart Class’’
DearSir,
This is to bring to your urgent notice the shocking case of humiliation, harassment and discrimination of hundreds of innocent children by the management and school authorities of St Lowrence Convent School, Geeta Colony Faculty Centre, Delhi-51 in the pretext of "Smart Class" which has left the children studying in that school completely traumatized; and if no immediate action is taken to check it would leave a permanent scar on the innocent minds.
Some glaring facts relating to the case are as follows:
(i) The school has implemented a new "Smart Class" program and is charging Rs 400/- per month per student. And from 17.10.2011 onwards school has divided (DISCRIMINATED) students as "EDUCOMP STUDENTS" and "NON-EDUCOMP STUDENTS." Therefore, those students who have not paid this "Smart Class" Charges are not allowed to sit with their classmates for merely Rs. 400/. This is despite the fact that all students have already paid their Quarterly Fee of approx. Rs. 8,500.
(ii) The school authorities have gone to the extent of dividing (discriminating) non-educomp students’ classes in different rooms and even teachers, sections and their classmates have been changed.
(iii) This sudden discriminatory change in the middle of the session will not just make the children unable to concentrate in their studies but will have a serious negative psychological impact on their innocent minds.
(iv) As many as 500-odd students have not paid this Smart Class Charges.
(v) This Educomp charge itself is on the higher side. The school has Educomp as their Official Partner in this project. On the website of Educomp it is clearly mentioned that Smart Class Charges are between Rs 100-150 per student per month.
It is submitted that the aforesaid action on the part of the school tantamount to commercialization of Education. It is all greed on the part of the school which has resulted in exploitation of hapless parents/students. Apart from that, the same is in clear violation of Section 17 of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 which prohibits physical punishment and mental harassment to child. Moreover, the same amounts to cruelty to child and attracts punishment under Section 23 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.
Your kind attention is invited to a judgment of U.S. Supreme Court in case of Brown v. Board of Education 347 U.S. 283 (1954) where it has been held that “separate education facilities are inherently unequal” and thus, violate the doctrine of equality.
If immediate action is not taken against the school by the Directorate of Education to check this discrimination it would leave a permanent scar on the innocent minds and we will be left with no option but to hold a peaceful Protest Demonstration in front of your office on Monday 24 October 2011 at 4.00 p.m. for the well-being of our children.
With regards
Ashok Agarwal, Advocate
National President, AIPA
M-09811101923
20/10/11
DELHI GOVT FAILS TO FRAME RTE RULES - HIGH COURT SUMMONS EDUCATION SECRETARY
Delhi High Court today summoned Delhi Education Principal Secretary to appear in person in the Court on 09/11/2011 to explain why the Government of Delhi has not notified the rules under Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 even after one and half year of coming into force the Act. The Court was hearing Social Jurist PIL seeking directions against the Delhi Government to make rules by notification as required under Section 38 of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The Government of Delhi has made a mockery of RTE Act, 2009.
IT IS ALL GREED
CASE OF HUMILIATION, HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION OF HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT STUDENTS BY THE SCHOOL - All India Parents Association (AIPA) has received a complaint from the parents body of St. Lowrence Convent School, Geeta Colony, Delhi regarding serious psychological violence on hundreds of students by the school authorities in the guise of "Smart Class". AIPA is going to ask the Director of Education to immediately intervene in the matter otherwise the parents/students would stage a peaceful demonstration on Monday 24 October 2011 at 4 pm in front of his office at Old Secretariat Building, Civil Lines, Delhi-54.
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