Just nine months after the Right to Education Act was implemented in India, promising free and compulsory education to all children in the age group of 6-14, over 10,000 cases of violation have been registered by a child rights body in the capital.
Some children were denied admission to school, some were subjected to corporal punishment by the school authorities and yet others were denied the benefit of the economically weaker section quota for poorer students in Delhi schools.
As per the RTE Act, the DCPCR monitors its implementation in Delhi registered cases which involve violations of at least 15 kinds, like screening tests before admissions corporal punishment, admission denial, mental harassment and others," Kanth told the sources in an interview.The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act was enforced April 1, 2010. The Act promises free and compulsory education to all children in the age group of 6-14.In one case, 10 girls living in Delhi's Azadpur area were denied admission to a school in Classes 6 to 8 because they could not provide school leaving certificates. The girls were tutored at home.
Some children were denied admission to school, some were subjected to corporal punishment by the school authorities and yet others were denied the benefit of the economically weaker section quota for poorer students in Delhi schools.
As per the RTE Act, the DCPCR monitors its implementation in Delhi registered cases which involve violations of at least 15 kinds, like screening tests before admissions corporal punishment, admission denial, mental harassment and others," Kanth told the sources in an interview.The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act was enforced April 1, 2010. The Act promises free and compulsory education to all children in the age group of 6-14.In one case, 10 girls living in Delhi's Azadpur area were denied admission to a school in Classes 6 to 8 because they could not provide school leaving certificates. The girls were tutored at home.
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