(a) the name of the States who have drafted model rules and
regulations for the implementation of Right to Education;
(b) the details of the increase in the ratio of children
going to school after the implementation of the RTE Act;
State-wise;
(c) the steps taken by the Government for effective
implementation of said Act;
(d) whether the Government is planning to increase
education cess to stop privatization of primary education;
and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SHRI KAPIL SIBAL)
(a): The States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Orissa and
Sikkim have notified the State Rules under the Right of
Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.
(b): The enrolment of students in class I to VIII state-wise
as per Select Education Statistics (SES) 2007-08 is given in
Annexure. As per national sample survey conducted through
Social & Rural Research Institute (SRI) – a unit of
International Marketing Research Bureau (IMRB), the number
of Out of School Children has reduced from 1.34 crore
children in 2005 to 81.5 lakh children in 2009.
(c): The Central Government has taken several steps for
implementation of the RTE Act, including (a) preparation of
Model Rules to enable the States to formulate the State
Rules under the Act; (b) notifying the Right of Children to
Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010; (c) notifying the
National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) as the
academic authority under section 23(1) of the RTE Act and
the National Council of Educational Research and Training
(NCERT) as the academic authority under section 29(1) of the
Act; (d) constitution of a National Advisory Council (NAC)
under section 33(1) of the Act; (e) harmonization of norms
of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) with the provisions of
the RTE Act; (f) laying down the minimum qualifications for
a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in
schools; (f) consultation at various forums with the State
Governments and other stakeholders regarding implementation
of the Act, including the meeting of the State Education
Ministers on 18th June, 2010 and the meeting of the Central
Advisory Board on Education (CABE) on 19th June, 2010, (g)
revising the fund sharing pattern between the Centre and
State Governments for implementing the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(SSA) programme as per the RTE norms.
(d) & (e): There is no such proposal.