‘Guidelines don’t dilute RTE aims’
Denying the allegations levelled by an NGO in a PIL that the nursery admissions were “based on categorisation of children”, the Centre, in an affidavit, has recently told the Delhi high court that its November 2010 guidelines for nursery admission are in accordance with the objectives of the Right To Education (RTE) Act.
The PIL was filed by a civil rights group, Social Jurist, challenging the validity of the notification issued by the Centre and the city government in 2010.
Mr Ashok Agarwal, the lawyer appearing for the NGO, said the guidelines giving private schools a free hand to formulate their own admission criteria was against the RTE Act and Delhi high court’s previous orders. The PIL alleged, “The nursery admission is based on categorisation of children. The guidelines will lead to further commercialisation of education at the cost of hapless parents/students.”
Opposing the PIL, the Centre has filed an affidavit saying the human resource development (HRD) ministry had consulted various educationists, academics, NGOs, civil society organisations and education secretaries of certain states for suggestions to properly implement the provisions of the RTE Act.
The high court, which had earlier issued notice to the Delhi government for issuing similar guidelines, will now hear the PIL on March 8.
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Woman, 28,attacked by husband
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
March 6: A 28-year-old woman was attacked with a sharp object by her estranged husband at Mangolpuri in outer Delhi on Saturday. The incident was initially believed to be an attack by the dreaded blade man.
The victim, Sushma, was on her way home, when a man on motorcycle, came close, attacked her with a sharp object and fled. Sushma was taken to Jaipur Golden Hospital, where her condition is said to be serious.
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