Visible improvement in School Infrastructure since implementation of RTE Act, 2009
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
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New Delhi: The Right of
Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, came into force
from 1st April 2010. The Act laid down a three year time frame to attain
various norms and standards as specified in the Schedule to the RTE
Act. The Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of
Human Resource Development has been documenting the progress made by
States and UTs every year since the RTE Act came into force on the basis
of DISE data. Recently the Ministry has published RTE: The 3rd Year on
the basis of DISE Data 2012-13 with respect to children’s enrolment,
teacher availability and infrastructure indicators for each State as
well as at the national level. RTE: The 3rd Year has also captured
additional indicators on the child centered provisions as well as
quality. The publication focuses on the progress made by States and UTs
since the enactment of the Act in the last three years. State wise stock
taking of various indicators is helpful in analyzing the trends and
also for further planning.
All States and
UTs have notified the State RTE Rules. Major notifications with regard
to setting up systems to implement the RTE Act have also been put in
place. All States/UTs have notified their State Academic Authorities and
issued notifications with regard to the elementary education cycle of 8
years. Also notifications with regard to no corporal punishment,
banning of private tuitions, banning of screening procedure and
capitation fees and no board examinations up to the elementary level
have been put in place by all the States/ UTs. By 2012-13, 88% of the
schools had a School Management Committee as per provisions of the RTE
Act. 75% of the members of SMCs are parents of children studying in
school and at least 50% of these are women.
Total
enrolment in the elementary education have been steadily rising and
stands at 13.47 crores at primary and 6.49 crores at upper primary level
with girls forming 48% and 49% of the enrolment respectively. There is
also a very encouraging trend of the enrolment of SC/ST and Muslim
children which is representative of their share in the population.
The
pupil teacher ratio at the national level has shown a dramatic
improvement. It has come down from 32 in 2009-10 at the elementary level
to 27 in 2012-13. 26 States/UTs had also conducted one/more rounds of
Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) by September 2012.
School
infrastructure has been steadily improving since coming into force of
the RTE Act. Number of elementary schools in the country (Government and
unaided) stands at 11,53,472. The student-class room ratio is down to
29 students per class room. 95% of the schools have been provided with
drinking water facility and coverage of separate girls’ toilets has
increased from 59% in 2009-10 to 69% in 2012-13. States/UTs like
Chandigarh, Delhi, Daman & Diu, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka,
Lakshadweep, Punjab, Puducherry etc. have covered all schools with
drinking water facility.
The RTE Act also
lays down the working hours and instructional hours in schools. Each
state has issued its own notification in this regard. 30 States have
developed a Continuous Comprehensive Education module and in 26 States,
it has been implemented universally in all schools.
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