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95 percent schools don't comply with RTE guidelines: Study
Monday July 09, 2012 06:40:20 PM,
Anjali Ojha,
IANS
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New Delhi: Over two
years after the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education
Act (RTE) was notified by the central government, more than 95
percent of schools in the country do not comply with its
guidelines, a study by an NGO has found.
Data compiled by RTE Forum with inputs from its members from
across the country points out that only one out of 10 schools in
2010-11 had drinking water facilities, while two out of every five
schools lacked a functional toilet.
The report accessed by IANS also shows lack of training facilities
for teachers, adversely affecting the quality of primary education
in India.
Nearly 36 percent of all sanctioned posts of teachers in the
country are lying vacant. Of this, the national capital alone
accounts for 21,000 vacancies, while 1,000 posts are vacant in
Odisha, RTE Forum's report says.
The guidelines under the RTE act specify that schools
"established, owned, controlled or substantially funded by the
government or local authorities" must ensure that the vacancy of
teachers "shall not exceed 10 percent of the total sanctioned
strength".
The study also found teachers in Haryana being engaged in
non-teaching activities like construction work or working as
contractors in the mid-day meal programme.
"No teacher shall be deployed for any non-educational purpose
other than the decennial population census, disaster relief duties
or duties relating to elections to the local authority or the
state legislature or parliament," according to the guidelines of
the RTE act.
The data shows that the national average for pupil to teacher
ratio is worryingly high at 1:80, against the prescribed ratio of
1:30 for primary and 1:35 for upper primary level under the act.
"There is an urgent need to mobilise people who can demand that
the government do its part in implementing the act. As a civil
society organisation, we will create awareness among people and
monitor the implementation of the act," convener of RTE Forum
Ambarish Rai said.
(Anjali Ojha can be contacted at anjali.o@ians.in)
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