Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Constitution, Democracy, Rights on Apr 9th, 2010
(Continued from the preceding analysis of the Act’s salient provisions) Whereas the Act guarantees a right to seek transfer to any other school where the child is required to move from the one in his/her neighbourhood, there are no measures to ensure that such a transfer will be a smooth transition for the child. In [...]
Posted in Constitution, Court, Democracy, Reforms on Apr 8th, 2010
After India’s Independence, one of the foremost concerns in acknowledging a fundamental right to education had been the problem of ‘economic capabilities’ of the State. Indeed, subsequent Governments have chosen to hide under the garb of unavailability of resources in implementing National Policies on Education. Several high-level Committee Reports have debunked the myth of financial [...]
Posted in Democracy on Oct 14th, 2009
The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, is a landmark legislation that concretizes the judicial and constitutional status accorded to publicly supported education for children between six and fourteen years. I’ve embarked on some questions that hold jurisprudential significance to the Act, and the way its analysed. Please find a copy of the [...]
Posted in Constitution, india on Aug 6th, 2009
The past few weeks have seen the UPA Government taking a positive stand on various issues. Distinct among them being the rethinking of the application of the Armed Forces Special powers Act, issues related to terrorism and more recently the recently passes Right to Education Bill, 2008. After the 86th Constitution Amendment was passed in [...]