Children still deprived from Right to Education
Publication- Education Resource Society
Date- 27th September 2011
With the Introduction of Right to Education Act (RTE), India becomes one of 135 countries to make education as fundamental right of every child. Uttar Pradesh state took almost one year to make dream of RTE into reality. UP Govt. finally drafted its RTE Act. But still it remains dream for children to education. According to section 6 in respect of children in class 1 to 5, a school shall established in habitation which has no school within a distance of 1 km and has population of at least 300 and for class 6 to 8 a school shall be established in habitation which has no school within a distance of 3 km and has population of at least 800.
Today when we look into grass root reality the situation is totally different and opposite from the provision made in Act and Constitution as well.
District Allahabad where village Bahadurpur (Muslim Basti) of Block Bahadurpur, habitation of almost 5000 but still village is untouched from Primary school. In this village there are nearly 540 children of 6 to 14 years. Either children covers long distance to get education or not receive education especially minority Girls are affecting from the situation. In this village ratio of dropout girls is high. Feeling of insecurity not allowing girls to get first step of education.
In order to solve the problem Villagers met thrice to District Education Officer, but did not find any positive result from the administration.
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