Right to education constitutionally valid !!!

Times of India News:

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the various provisions of the Right to Education Act, 2009.

The apex court ruled that the RTE Act would apply to all categories of public and private schools except unaided minority schools.

The SC judgement makes it clear that all schools will have to keep aside 25% of seats for poor children.

The SC said the judgement would come into effect from today.

The SC said the RTE Act will not apply to those institutions run by minority organisations and which do not receive a single penny as aid either from the government or local bodies.

The apex court also said that the RTE Act would not apply to boarding schools.

A bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swantanter Kumar, which had reserved its verdict on August 3 last year, pronounced the verdict on the RTE Act.

The main petitioner Society for Un-aided Private Schools, Rajasthan, and a host of associations representing various private schools questioned the validity of the Act on the ground that it impinged on their rights to run the educational institutions.

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Although this judgement will bring a ray of hope in the eyes of bright/deserving poor students, it may also have it's several ill-effects.

This move may put pressure on schools, which could lead to an increase in fees for paying parents. (as more infrastructure will be required) . Besides, it is a bare fact that most of poor children come from bad surroundings and thus it is generally seen that most of them have a character problem (read all types of vices from tender age itself). When children from good upbringings remain in their company, they may also get spoiled. Further, the competition to obtain 75% seats will also increase. Thus, disadvantages are more than the advantages.

If Government wants to give free and world class education to poor children they can improve infrastructure in the municipality schools itself.

Hence, I am not in favour of this SC move.