Rte News

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban for advocating girls' education in her country, has called for united efforts for education rights. The 16-year-old gave the call during the ...

Making NSS a credit based elective course in higher education was taken up for consideration. This was an agenda item of the Department of Youth Affairs. It was decided that UGC and AICTE would explore to implement from ...

The CABE Committee Report on National Mission on Teachers and Teaching was presented. CABE placed on record its appreciation for the committee chaired by Hon'ble MOS, Dr. Shashi Tharoor. The major recommendations made in the Committee Report were ...

In higher Education, the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) has been approved by the Cabinet. A detailed presentation on the Mission giving the various components under this Mission and the roll out in the coming years was presented before CABE. ...

(a) Safety, Quality and Hygiene under Mid-Day Meal Scheme.  (b) Setting up of Empowered Committee for Mid-Day Meal Scheme.  CABE noted the proposed changes for ensuring the quality of Mid Day Meal and putting in place an ...

The RTE (Right To Education) progress of the last three years noted by the Committee in improving access, promoting social inclusion, reduction in gender gaps and in provision for children with special needs. The CABE members also noted the ...

Provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act are being violated in various government educational institutions in the Capital, said a report released by non-government organisation Child Rights and You (CRY) and its alliance partners here on Monday. It noted "several ...

It has been more than four years since Right to Education (RTE) Act was enacted but its provisions are still being violated by government institutions in the capital, according to a survey by an NGO. The CRY study conducted in ...

A total of 28.5 million children in conflict-plagued countries are being denied an education, leaders from governments and international organisations said at the UN General Assembly here. "We must make an intentional and deliberate turn from past policy responses to ...

Recruitment of teachers continues to be a major challenge to fulfill the target set under the Right To Education (RTE) Act. This was one of the observations made during a review meeting conducted by HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju ...

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 mandates eight years of elementary education to all children in the 6 to 14 years age group. While supply side provisioning is being done by the Government, at ...

With an average of 82 students per classroom and one teacher for 57 students in schools in Bihar, there is an urgent need to strengthen the implementation of Right to Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act here. As per ...

The Government has formulated a number of plans to improve the quality of school teachers. Stating this the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor said that to improve the quality of school teachers. The Government ...

Since the Right to Education (RTE) Act came into force under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a total of 43,668 schools, 7,00,460 additional classrooms, 5,46,513 toilets and 33,703 drinking water facilities have been sanctioned to the States for ensuring compliance with ...