Karnataka Rte

The application process for admission to LKG and Class I to Karnataka schools under Right to Education act will likely begin today. The process will be online and this time Aadhaar number has been made mandatory to eliminate any risk of duplication in the application process.

Karnataka government was pushing the Centre to amend the RTE Act to extend the provision of free and compulsory education up to the age of 18, from the present 6-14 category, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Vishveshwara Hegde Kageri said today.

Bangalore's Oxford School, which is facing serious allegations of discrimination against children admitted under the Right to Education act, saw huge protests by political and other groups outside its premises on Thursday.

The National Commission on Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Thursday sought a report from the Karnataka government after incidents of discrimination against poor students in defiance of provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) act were reported in the state Action Taken Report (ATR) within a week.

Unaided schools today decided to launch a week-long bandh as talks between their managements and Karnataka government on the implementation of the Right to Education Act, broke down, sources said. Education Department secretary G Kumar Naik engaged the schools in a dialogue, but the latter decided to continue with their week-long school bandh launc...

Karnataka government has come out in full support of the Right to Education Act and said that all loopholes regarding how the states can go about funding the project can be discussed.

The application process for admission to LKG and Class I to Karnataka schools under Right to Education act will likely begin today. The process will be online and this time Aadhaar number has been made mandatory to eliminate any risk of duplication in the application process.

Karnataka government was pushing the Centre to amend the RTE Act to extend the provision of free and compulsory education up to the age of 18, from the present 6-14 category, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Vishveshwara Hegde Kageri said today.

Bangalore's Oxford School, which is facing serious allegations of discrimination against children admitted under the Right to Education act, saw huge protests by political and other groups outside its premises on Thursday.

The National Commission on Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Thursday sought a report from the Karnataka government after incidents of discrimination against poor students in defiance of provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) act were reported in the state Action Taken Report (ATR) within a week.

Unaided schools today decided to launch a week-long bandh as talks between their managements and Karnataka government on the implementation of the Right to Education Act, broke down, sources said. Education Department secretary G Kumar Naik engaged the schools in a dialogue, but the latter decided to continue with their week-long school bandh launc...

Karnataka government has come out in full support of the Right to Education Act and said that all loopholes regarding how the states can go about funding the project can be discussed.