About the Book

The role of education in facilitating social and economic progress is well recognized. Education is both a human right in itself and a means for realizing and promoting other human rights. The children have the Right to Education because it is education that sharpens their innate abilities and converts them into responsible citizens. It is therefore, necessary that the parents and the society should protect the child with utmost care. The recently enacted Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 in India is an important step and defining event in that direction. As a consequence of the implementation of this Act, a paradigm shift in the education system is imminent in the days to come. It is essential for the society to understand the nature and the direction of this shift. Parents, teachers, civil society organizations, NGOs, Panchayati Raj institutions, local government bodies etc. all need to understand their duties, roles and responsibilities as envisaged in the Act. The volume is aimed to generate large scale awareness on the Right to Education Act, leading to rise of opinions, discussions, debates and the formulation of a constructive discourse on the same. It presents field stories of actual implementation of the Act, the experiences and difficulties faced.

About Author

Dr. Noushad Husain is presently working as an Associate Professor in Maulana Azad National Urdu University, College of Teacher Education, Bhopal (M P). He is increasingly involved in theory and practice of teaching and learning with new media. His areas of interests are: Educational Computing, ICT in Education, Research Methodology, Web and Internet Technologies, Online Intellectual Communities, Group Collaboration and Knowledge Management. He has participated and presented many papers at several national and international seminars and conferences. He has published many articles and research papers in various reputed journals in the field of Education. He is also the author of many important books in the field of education. He is actively engaged in research, training, consultancy and social service programmes.

Contents

Acknowledgements 

Introduction 

• Human Rights and the Implementation of Right to Education Act in Indian Context: Challenges and Remedies/ Noushad Husain
• The Right to Education: Some Historical Landmarks/ Noushad Husain
• The Right to Education: The Indian Constitutional Perspective/ Noushad Husain
• The Right to Education: A Conceptual Framework/ Naushad Husain
• The Right to Education Act: A Stepping Stone towards Visionary Developed India/ Wadudul Haque Siddique
• Towards a Progressive Nation: The Role of RTE Act/ Jeena K.G.
• The RTE Implementation: Some Problems and Concerns/ Charu Saini
• The Right to Education Act 2009: Critical Gaps and Challengesin Its Implementation/ Vanita Chopra, Aarti Bhatnagar and Sonal Chabra
• The Right to Education and the Common School System/ Akthar Parveen
• Facets of RTE in Teachers’ Perception and Its Impact on the Self Concept of Students Enrolled in Unaided Schools under the RTE Act/ Talmeez Fatma Naqvi
• Responsibilities of Teacher Education Institutions for PreparingEffective Teachers for Implementing the Right to Education (RTE) Act/ Sajid Jamal
• The Perception of Teachers: An Important Factor in Determining the Success of RTE/ Manju Negi, Sonal Chabra and Ravneet Gaur
• The Right to Education and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: Surveying the Landscape from Below/ Talmeez Fatma Naqvi
• A Study of the Awareness of Elementary Teachers towards the RTE Act, 2009/ Shabana Ashraf
• Making the Right to Education Meaningful: The 4As Framework/ Noushad Husain
• The Inclusion of Diverse Learners: Issues and Challenges/ D. Venkateshwarlu
• The Right to Education and Children with Disability: From Social Exclusion to Social Inclusion through Inclusive Education/ Indrajeet Dutta
• Attitude of Society towards HIV/AIDS Impacting Child Education/ G.K. Tripathi
• The Right to Education: Some Critical Issues/ Neeti Dutta
• The Role of ICTs in Achieving Universal Primary Education/ Noushad Husain
• A Rights Based Approach to Education/ Noushad Husain and Afaque Nadeem Khan
• The Right to Education: Financial Implications/ Shobhit Wadhwa and Sucheta Arora Wadhwa

Annexure

  IThe Progress of RTE Act, 2009

Contributors

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