fundamental rights
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IS CONSCIENCE OF THE CONSTITUTION TOLD BY NEHRU
JUDICIARY IS THE CUSTODIAN OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
right to vote is a constitutional right
rti week 2012 launched by the state nagaland
The Supreme Court of India on 19 September 2012 refused to review the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Right to Education to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009. The Independent Schools Federation of India, the Society for Unaided Private Schools of Rajasthan, the Catholic Bishops Conference of India with two other institutions filed PIL (Public-interest litigation) against the Act, for a review.
RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT WAS INTRODUCED IN SWEDEN FIRST
RTI: Ten-year old Aishwarya Parashar queries on ‘Father of the Nation’
status to Mahatma Gandhi
Who is Aishwarya Parashar and why she is in news?
Aishwarya Parashar is a 10 year old girl studying in class VI, who in February 2012,
under RTI has posted a query regarding the “Father of the Nation” status to Mahatma Gandhi. She sent an RTI
application to the the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of PMO (Prime Minister’s Office) seeking a photocopy
of the order via which Mahatma Gandhi was declared as “Father of the Nation”. From the PMO, the application was
then forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) which then forwarded the application to the National Archives
of India (NAI). Now, the NAI in its reply send to Aishwarya has held that no specific documents on the information
sought were available.
The NAI’s Asst Director and Central Public Information Officer Jayprabha Ravindran in his letter held that NAI was an
institution to provide documents and was not in any way a research helping body. So, he held that he had no answers
to the query and in turn welcomed Aishwarya with an invitation asking Aishwarya to visit the archives to find for
herself if there were any such relevant papers.
Sibal: ‘RTE Act burden will not be passes on to Students’
The government dismissed reports that private school will pass on the burden to the students whilst
implementing the Right to Education act. The HRD minister Kapil Sibal held that government will take
care to make sure education to the students coming from the margins of the society after Class VIII when
the provision of the Act comes to an end and that during the 12th Five Year Plan, the government will provide school
uniform and textbooks to students.
Mr. Sibal held that the schools can also raise resources from their funds if they have surplus resources and they can
also tap the funds provided by corporate via their corporate social responsibility obligation.
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Madras High Court verdict: Writ of ‘quo warranto’ can’t be issued for
removing a Minister
The Madras High Court in its verdict held that the pleasure of dismissing or removing a State Minister has to be that of
the Governor and not that of the High Court and thus the High Court cannot issue a writ of ‘quo warranto’ for
removing a Minister.
RTE Report revealed the Low Percentage of Enrolment of SC and ST Students in Schools
A Report on Right to Education (RTE) by the Union Ministry of Human Development Resource revealed that the percentage enrolment of the Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) as students in primary and upper primary is low to an unacceptable level in India.
The report also threw light on the fact that about 20 percent of the teachers teaching in different schools of the nation are not professionally qualified for teaching, following the revised guidelines issued by the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTC).
As per the report the percentage enrolment of SC and ST students in primary schools of West Bengal in past two years, was recorded as 27 and 7 percent respectively. The figure at all-India level was worse even to the status of West Bengal in terms of percentage enrollment for SC students, which stood at 19 percent in the year 2010-11. Citing example of the government-run schools of West Bengal the report also stated that 75 percent of the schools in the state had more than 35 students in one classroom. Apart from this 66 percent schools running were without playground and 67 percent were without boundaries in the state.
The report also indicates inconsistency in admissions at primary school level that is turning up to be a concern for the gender disparity index as in the past two years it accounts to 0.94; this means 94 girls for every 100 boys.
This is a complete failure of the three-year timeframe of the road-map drafted for achieving the status Education to All, which would be ending on 31 March 2013.
The report also threw light on the fact that about 20 percent of the teachers teaching in different schools of the nation are not professionally qualified for teaching, following the revised guidelines issued by the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTC).
As per the report the percentage enrolment of SC and ST students in primary schools of West Bengal in past two years, was recorded as 27 and 7 percent respectively. The figure at all-India level was worse even to the status of West Bengal in terms of percentage enrollment for SC students, which stood at 19 percent in the year 2010-11. Citing example of the government-run schools of West Bengal the report also stated that 75 percent of the schools in the state had more than 35 students in one classroom. Apart from this 66 percent schools running were without playground and 67 percent were without boundaries in the state.
The report also indicates inconsistency in admissions at primary school level that is turning up to be a concern for the gender disparity index as in the past two years it accounts to 0.94; this means 94 girls for every 100 boys.
This is a complete failure of the three-year timeframe of the road-map drafted for achieving the status Education to All, which would be ending on 31 March 2013.
No extension to March 2013 RTE deadline
November 13th, 2012
Speaking at the conclusion of the Central Advisory Board of Education
(CABE), Human Resource Development Minister M M Pallam Raju held that no extension is likely for the March 2013 deadline to achieve the right to education (RTE) targets for now. Various states including Bihar and UP are lagging behind in meeting deadline for implementation of the RTE law.
(CABE), Human Resource Development Minister M M Pallam Raju held that no extension is likely for the March 2013 deadline to achieve the right to education (RTE) targets for now. Various states including Bihar and UP are lagging behind in meeting deadline for implementation of the RTE law.
The deadline extension issue was raised by Bihar.
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IS CONSCIENCE OF THE CONSTITUTION TOLD BY NEHRU
JUDICIARY IS THE CUSTODIAN OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
right to vote is a constitutional right
rti week 2012 launched by the state nagaland
The Supreme Court of India on 19 September 2012 refused to review the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Right to Education to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009. The Independent Schools Federation of India, the Society for Unaided Private Schools of Rajasthan, the Catholic Bishops Conference of India with two other institutions filed PIL (Public-interest litigation) against the Act, for a review.
The Supreme Court Bench including Chief Justice S. H. Kapadia along with Justices Swatanter Kumar and K. S. Radhakrishnan rejected the petition stating that the Act is constitutionally valid and is applied for all the schools funded, held or managed by government or any private authority.
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act makes it mandatory for the government, aided and non-minority unaided schools to reserve a minimum of 25 percent seats to provide free and compulsory education to children in the age group of 6 to 14 years. The right to education is included to the right to life in Article 21 of the Indian Constitution and in case any child is derived from his right of education is also deprived from his right to live with dignity, exercise freedom of expression and speech included in Article 19(1) (a).
RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT WAS INTRODUCED IN SWEDEN FIRST
RTI: Ten-year old Aishwarya Parashar queries on ‘Father of the Nation’
status to Mahatma Gandhi
Who is Aishwarya Parashar and why she is in news?
Aishwarya Parashar is a 10 year old girl studying in class VI, who in February 2012,
under RTI has posted a query regarding the “Father of the Nation” status to Mahatma Gandhi. She sent an RTI
application to the the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of PMO (Prime Minister’s Office) seeking a photocopy
of the order via which Mahatma Gandhi was declared as “Father of the Nation”. From the PMO, the application was
then forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) which then forwarded the application to the National Archives
of India (NAI). Now, the NAI in its reply send to Aishwarya has held that no specific documents on the information
sought were available.
The NAI’s Asst Director and Central Public Information Officer Jayprabha Ravindran in his letter held that NAI was an
institution to provide documents and was not in any way a research helping body. So, he held that he had no answers
to the query and in turn welcomed Aishwarya with an invitation asking Aishwarya to visit the archives to find for
herself if there were any such relevant papers.
Sibal: ‘RTE Act burden will not be passes on to Students’
The government dismissed reports that private school will pass on the burden to the students whilst
implementing the Right to Education act. The HRD minister Kapil Sibal held that government will take
care to make sure education to the students coming from the margins of the society after Class VIII when
the provision of the Act comes to an end and that during the 12th Five Year Plan, the government will provide school
uniform and textbooks to students.
Mr. Sibal held that the schools can also raise resources from their funds if they have surplus resources and they can
also tap the funds provided by corporate via their corporate social responsibility obligation.
art 32
Madras High Court verdict: Writ of ‘quo warranto’ can’t be issued for
removing a Minister
The Madras High Court in its verdict held that the pleasure of dismissing or removing a State Minister has to be that of
the Governor and not that of the High Court and thus the High Court cannot issue a writ of ‘quo warranto’ for
removing a Minister.
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