Josh wrote:Lets talk about how Modi is going to stop this rampant stupidity that is called the Right to Education Act, how minorties are exempted from it.
Modi is under no obligation to any one to provide solutions to each and every problem.
If the admin of a nationalist web forum, like BR, does not think that basic education policy and management should be equal to all stake holders, especially the Dharmic majority. Then, I shudder to think what the pseudo secularist think.
So if majority community feels that the RTE Act is detrimental to them and the country, they need to take it up with the respective state governments, judiciary etc. and try to make corrections. Leaving all problems for Mr. Modi, and expecting him to sit and solve all of them is nothing but chickening out.
Respective state governments? How? RTE Act is passed by the Central Government, Education is in the concurrent list. State Governments can only form RULES, which has to be inside the guidelines of the ACT passed by the Central Government.
I dont think you are aware of the issue in depth. I am .
Many bodies, including Hindu School Managements, Private Secular Managements, from various states, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka etc went through all the way to supreme court : - Justice Katju ruled against it, went in front of a 3 member judge , they striked it down , with Justice Radhakrishan giving a very strong dissenting note. lost 2-1 . Then went in front of 5 member Judges panel, lost 4-1 .
I am aware that you are a malayalee, maybe you will relate better. 80% of the CBSE schools ( which form the bulk of the private managed) are owned by the minorities, while 20% are owned by Hindu's, They also have schools in poor conditions because most of them dont have the capital, that minorities have in Kerala. These 20% of the schools are supposed to give 25% free seats, while 80% of the minorites schools dont have to give free seats. Therefore that makes the Hindu schools un-viable and prone to closure. Whats the use of imposing RTE in private schools in kerala, when 80% of the private schools are exempted from it.
Now, the statement government has said, that they will give money for the children who are studying in these free seats, but it will be equal to state expenditure per child, but without having the capital investment component, so that becomes pittance. But even more worrisome,if the Hindu schools take this money, which they will be forced to as per law, they will also be defacto handing over the control of the school and even its landed properties to the government.
All this while minorites run schools, makes profit and further their agenda.
The MHRD has managed to get some section of the RTE Act made mandatory for minority establishments as well.
RTE minority school rules
The Centre has made two provisions of the Right to Education Act applicable to minority institutions despite a Supreme Court directive exempting them from the law.
Armed with advice from the department of legal affairs, the HRD ministry has written to all states asking them to apply the provisions of continuous promotion of students till Class VIII and no corporal punishment to minority institutions.
Those are not serious matters at all.
Control of Schools, and 25% loss of revenue.
For example, since minority schools will be exempted from RTE, and majority schools will not be. For example, it is compulsory that you teach the child only in mother tongue, therefore even english medium CBSE schools will have to teach in malayalam if they are majority owned, but minority schools dont have to. Therefore children will move to minority schools, and majority schools will face closure.
One option which the government can explore is to see if Constitution defines "minority" as a religious minority only. Or whether it also includes linguistic minorities. Well in that case, they could be very liberal in allowing the linguistic minorities to start schools all over India (eg: Malayalis allowed to open schools in Karnataka, Tamils being allowed to open schools in Kerala etc. etc.); and all of them given "minority educational institution status".
Thats not going to happen, and thats not the solution at all. Solution is equality.
The only long term solution would be to amend the constitution in such a way that even though minority communities get special privileges, it should be fully in concurrence with provisions which allow over-all development of the nation.
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I will repeat what Justice Radhkrishnan said, You can give minorities privileges, but it cannot be at cost to the majority.
http://centreright.in/2012/11/rte-disse ... Y7t6vmqqko
http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/g ... ge/936136/
I am facinated, how BR has not followed this issue closely. The church and pseudo secularist having made such damaging impact using Kapil Sibal and CONgress
You do not get a degree at the end of 4 or 5 years to bail out. This will filter out the IIM route wallahs.
