In Madhya Pradesh, there is a shortage of nearly 80,000 teachers in government schools. Besides, more than 90,000 schools do not have boundary wall and in 10,000 schools.
Besides, there is no facility of drinking water. These facts were revealed in the State-level Conference on Right to Education that was held here on Wednesday. Speaking at the conference, former Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Shanta Sinha said that countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh are much ahead of India in terms of providing right to education of the children.
Enforcement of basic rights of the children will lead to second independence of the country. Even Madhya Pradesh has to go a long way in this direction, she added. Sinha expressed concern that even three years after enforcement of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the implementation of the Act is unsatisfactory.
She said that it is important to provide education to every child in the country if the inequalities are to be eliminated from the country. Educationist and member of Central Advisory Board on Education (CABE), Vinod Raina said that the main reason for the poor implementation of RTE Act is lack of political will on part of the Central and the State governments.
He said that the provisions of the Act are blatantly violated because the governments view the Act as a charity and not as right of the children. Pointing out that a major problem in implementation of the Act is disputes among the Central and State governments regarding financial allocations, Raina said that the Centre has not issued Rs 34,000 crore of its contribution since year 2010.
The conference was jointly held by Madhya Pradesh lok Sajha Sangharsh Manch (MPlSSM) and Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGCS).