Awareness Programme on Educational Rights
The Right to Education Act has been debated, discussed and deliberated by experts before it became a law. As a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child (UNCRC) India already recognizes fundamental rights of children to Survival, Development, Protection and Participation. Honoring the commitment made to the nation's children in Article 21A of the Constitution, THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT 2009 (Popularly referred to as RTE) has now become operational. Activists and organizations in the Child Rights/Child Protection space are now seized of the issue: just what will be the impact of RTE? How will issues under the RTE need to be intervened and how will role of organizations in the space need to evolve? In many ways the RTE is a landmark legislation. It defines the roles of government, schools, duties of parents and even defines the nature/features /facilities of a school.