In poll season, candidates ready to debate Right to Education
NEW DELHI: It's been two years since the Right to Education was enacted, but government and civic agencies don't seem to be ready to implement it. Now, with municipal elections round the corner, Josh, an organization working for proper implementation of RTE, has decided to make the aspiring councillors shoulder their responsibility or at least know about it. The organization is bringing together nominees of different political parties for a 'Jan Manch' in Trilokpuri on Wednesday to find out their stand on education and to also respond to demands made by the public.
Saurabh Sharma, member, Josh, said candidates of Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party and Janata Dal (United), besides local people, are likely to be present for Jan Manch. The organization had already met up with the residents of the area to determine the shortfall in educational facilities. "We had a meeting with more than 200 locals to prepare a charter of demands which will be given to the nominees for election. As preparation for Jan Manch, a public meeting was held on March 17 where delivery of education in government-run schools was discussed and noted. We would ask them to include these demands in their manifestos," said Sharma.
MCD runs schools till class V across the city. These serve as feeder schools for Delhi government's own schools. The demands enlisted in the public meeting included recruiting adequate number of teachers, formation of school management committees, ensuring an effective grievance redress mechanism in schools, ensuring greater community participation, provision of clean and functional toilets and classrooms, adequate drinking water, proper seats for students, better quality of mid-day meals, inclusion and access to education for children with disability and facilities for sports, music and computer education.
"We thought it was the right time to take up the issue of RTE and make the poll nominees aware of its importance and urgency. School education is often ignored by political parties probably because children cannot vote for them. We will also have sitting Congress and BSP councillors besides the nominees to tell us what they have done and what they intend to do about schools if voted to power," said Sharma.
Source: Times of India
NEW DELHI: It's been two years since the Right to Education was enacted, but government and civic agencies don't seem to be ready to implement it. Now, with municipal elections round the corner, Josh, an organization working for proper implementation of RTE, has decided to make the aspiring councillors shoulder their responsibility or at least know about it. The organization is bringing together nominees of different political parties for a 'Jan Manch' in Trilokpuri on Wednesday to find out their stand on education and to also respond to demands made by the public.
Saurabh Sharma, member, Josh, said candidates of Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party and Janata Dal (United), besides local people, are likely to be present for Jan Manch. The organization had already met up with the residents of the area to determine the shortfall in educational facilities. "We had a meeting with more than 200 locals to prepare a charter of demands which will be given to the nominees for election. As preparation for Jan Manch, a public meeting was held on March 17 where delivery of education in government-run schools was discussed and noted. We would ask them to include these demands in their manifestos," said Sharma.
MCD runs schools till class V across the city. These serve as feeder schools for Delhi government's own schools. The demands enlisted in the public meeting included recruiting adequate number of teachers, formation of school management committees, ensuring an effective grievance redress mechanism in schools, ensuring greater community participation, provision of clean and functional toilets and classrooms, adequate drinking water, proper seats for students, better quality of mid-day meals, inclusion and access to education for children with disability and facilities for sports, music and computer education.
"We thought it was the right time to take up the issue of RTE and make the poll nominees aware of its importance and urgency. School education is often ignored by political parties probably because children cannot vote for them. We will also have sitting Congress and BSP councillors besides the nominees to tell us what they have done and what they intend to do about schools if voted to power," said Sharma.
Source: Times of India
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