To combat the commercialisation of education, a stringent law on curbing arbitrary actions of private institutions is required but it is only possible with the active participation of both activists and guardians.
With the changing time and to check the high handedness of private schools, strict regulation is the need of an hour,” said, senior Advocate of Supreme Court, Ashok Agarwal while addressing a gathering of parents in the state capital on Tuesday.
With the objective to enhance the education system and to highlight on various facets of Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which was formally adopted by the state government in September 2010, the Parents Association organised a seminar on “RTE and role of state government”.
Focusing on 25 per cent reservation for below poverty line (BPl) kids in private schools, boosting the status of both middle and high Government schools functioning across the State, fees regulation, monitoring the private schools to combat arbitrariness including covering both aided and non-aided minority schools under the RTE Act which was confiscated after the three bench judgement in 2012 were highlighted in the discussion where most of the guardians expressed their views on how private schools in the name of facilities are actually misguiding the parents.
Ganesh Reddy of Citizen Foundation along with other dignitaries associated with welfare of children and child rights emphasised on having uniform law for the benefits of children especially those coming from the lower strata of the society.
“The act can only be effective, if it is implemented strictly following all regulations. Apart this, mushrooming of the private institutions must be curtailed. The State should not forget that it runs on the concept of welfare State. Parents participation should be ensured to check the menace and a committee must be there to ensure the proceedings at a regular interval as per the requirement,” added, Parents Association, Chairperson, Ajay Rai.