The Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which has come into force with effect
from 01.04.2010, provides for free and compulsory education to all children in
the 6-14 age group in a neightbourhood school. The norms of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme, which provides for universalisation
of elementary education, have been modified to align with the provision of RTE
Act. Conditions of service and pay scale
of teachers are regulated by the State Governments. RTE Act prescribes following timeframe for
accomplishing school and school infrastructure related items.
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Activity
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Time Frame
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Establishment
of neighborhood schools
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3 years (by 31st
March, 2013)
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Provision of
school infrastructure
- All weather school buildings
- One -classroom-one-teacher
- Head Teacher-cum-Office room
- Library
- Toilets, drinking water
- Barrier free access
- Playground, fencing, boundary
walls
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3 years (by 31st
March, 2013)
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Provision of
teachers as per prescribed PTR
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3 years (by 31st
March, 2013)
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Training of
untrained teachers
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5 years (by 31st
March 2015)
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Quality
interventions and other provisions
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With immediate
effect
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Under SSA programme
significant school infrastructure has been provided which includes construction
of 2.67 lakh school buildings, 14.10 lakh additional classrooms, provisions of 2.12 lakh drinking water facility and 4.77 lakh
school toilets so far.
A centrally sponsored scheme, Rashtriya Madhyamic Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) was
launched in March 2009 to enhance access and improve quality of education at
secondary stage, while ensuring equity.
The programme envisages enhancing the
environment by providing a secondary schools within a reasonable distance of
every habitation, improving quality of education imparted at secondary level
through making all secondary conform to prescribed norms, removal of gender,
socio-economic and disability barriers, universal access to secondary level
education by 2017 (GER 100%) and universal retention by 2020.
This information was given by Dr. D.
Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource in
written reply to a question in Lok Sabha
today.
MV/GK