Is the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act Really Beneficial to the Poorer Children in India? An Analysis with Special Reference to the Admission of Poorer Children in Public Unaided Schools

Autor/in	Cheruvalath, Reena
Titel	Is the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act Really Beneficial to the Poorer Children in India? An Analysis with Special Reference to the Admission of Poorer Children in Public Unaided Schools
Quelle	In: Education 3-13, 43 (2015) 6, S.621-629 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4279
DOI	10.1080/03004279.2013.847970
Schlagwörter	Compulsory Education; Disadvantaged; Public Schools; Low Income Groups; Access to Education; Educational Legislation; Educational Quality; Educational Policy; Poverty; Private Schools; Preferences; Policy Analysis; Admission Criteria; Foreign Countries; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulpflicht; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Armut; Private school; Privatschule; Politikfeldanalyse; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Ausland; Indien
Abstract	It is proposed to examine whether the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act can achieve its major objective of ensuring education for all children in India. Indian parents like to enter their wards into private schools because they believe that the standard of education in the public schools is poor. The act strengthens this belief and it is insufficient to promote a public schooling system which is easily affordable for poorer children. The beneficiary of the act will be the lower middle-class people, not the poorer. The act is implemented without considering the basic issues in Indian society, such as poverty. The poorer children cannot attend schooling, because they want to help their parents to earn their daily livelihood. Thus, before guaranteeing the quality of education, primarily the authorities should ensure that all children go to school. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01