The NHRC on Friday issued notice to the Madhya Pradesh government over reports of students risking their lives by crossing the Betwa River on check dam pillars to reach school in Vidisha. It sought a detailed report within two weeks, citing safe education rights
The Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and Punjab government on a plea alleging failure to implement the RTE Act, including 25% quota for disadvantaged children in private schools. The petitioner claimed widespread non-compliance over the past 15 years
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s announcement to close 23,000 of the State’s 27,000 schools has triggered sharp criticism from teachers’ associations and educationists. Associations have demanded withdrawal of the proposal, calling it arbitrary and detrimental to rural education.
School closures, poverty, and domestic labour continue to rob children of education and opportunity, even as India nears its 2025 deadline to end child labour
The National Commission for Protection Of Child Rights chief Priyank Kanoongo sent a notice to the Government of Rajasthan for gross violation of the Right to Education
Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice S Nanda on Friday directed the state government to file a report pertaining to the steps taken for ensuring basic facilities in government schools as per the Right to Education Act. The panel was dealing with a PIL […]
Hyderabad: The State has achieved a near-zero overall dropout rate in primary schools in 2019-20, while the dropout rate in upper primary schools was negligible, at 0.06 per cent as of 2019-20. These statistics were revealed in the Telangana State Statistical Abstract 2021 released by the Telangana State Development Planning Society, Planning department on Wednesday. […]
