Right To Education Law

Laws in Australia covered in the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 (ESOS Act) protect the rights of international students.

Russian lawmakers Monday called for the toughening of a strict anti-gay law and the Kremlin ordered expensive patriotic education projects as Moscow presses with a conservative drive at home while its troops fight in Ukraine.

The happenings in BJP-ruled Karnataka as the " hijab controversy" is misleading. It is nothing of the kind. It is an outright assault on the right to education of young Muslim women, guaranteed to them by the law and the Constitution of India.

India on Friday said that it promotes values of equality, social justice, and democracy through inclusive education at the interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education during the 47th Session of UN Human Rights Council.

The Delhi Minorities Commission has started an internship scheme for students seeking hands on experience in the fields of minority rights, law and other related subjects.

Mid-day meal was introduced for school students to check drop-out rates and provide children from economically weaker sections with nourishment. But now schooling appears to have become more about food and less about education, Union Minister for Human Resources Development Prakash Javadekar said today amid a controversy about tying up mid-day meal...

19-year-old Amarlal who dreams of being a human rights lawyer on Wednesday was working as bonded labor at the age of four. He knows what a big difference education has made to his life. "I know what it is like to be stuck in that darkness. There is a world of a difference between that life and this," Amarlal said.

The Supreme Court today was told that the people's right to contest election to panchayats in rural areas cannot be disabled by introducing educational and other eligibility criteria for the aspiring candidates.

The government has given its nod to a proposal allowing children below the age of 14 years to work only in family enterprises or the entertainment industry with certain conditions while completely banning their employment elsewhere.

Lamenting that children were not a "political priority" in the country, Nobel laureate and child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi today appealed to the Centre to implement the toughest law to put an end to their exploitation.

In a move to spread awareness on Right to Information Act (RTI), a forum for teachers from various institutions have joined hands to educate the students and others on the landmark transparency legislation enacted in 2005. The need for the forum was felt as public awareness on RTI is low even after seven years of enacting the law, despite the effor...

Right to Education (RTE) Act has finally secured the seal of approval that matters. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the act, which mandates 25 per cent free seats to the poor in government and private unaided schools uniformly across the country. The order was generally hailed by parents and the academia, with only s...

On the historic day when the RTE act becomes a law, the PM in an unprecedented move addressed the nation on right to education.

As a historic law the Right to Education comes into force today, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal says education is a national responsibility.

The problem with the bringing the law will not be in Parliament but on the ground in implementation.

Laws in Australia covered in the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 (ESOS Act) protect the rights of international students.

Russian lawmakers Monday called for the toughening of a strict anti-gay law and the Kremlin ordered expensive patriotic education projects as Moscow presses with a conservative drive at home while its troops fight in Ukraine.

The happenings in BJP-ruled Karnataka as the " hijab controversy" is misleading. It is nothing of the kind. It is an outright assault on the right to education of young Muslim women, guaranteed to them by the law and the Constitution of India.

India on Friday said that it promotes values of equality, social justice, and democracy through inclusive education at the interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education during the 47th Session of UN Human Rights Council.

The Delhi Minorities Commission has started an internship scheme for students seeking hands on experience in the fields of minority rights, law and other related subjects.

Mid-day meal was introduced for school students to check drop-out rates and provide children from economically weaker sections with nourishment. But now schooling appears to have become more about food and less about education, Union Minister for Human Resources Development Prakash Javadekar said today amid a controversy about tying up mid-day meal...

19-year-old Amarlal who dreams of being a human rights lawyer on Wednesday was working as bonded labor at the age of four. He knows what a big difference education has made to his life. "I know what it is like to be stuck in that darkness. There is a world of a difference between that life and this," Amarlal said.

The Supreme Court today was told that the people's right to contest election to panchayats in rural areas cannot be disabled by introducing educational and other eligibility criteria for the aspiring candidates.

The government has given its nod to a proposal allowing children below the age of 14 years to work only in family enterprises or the entertainment industry with certain conditions while completely banning their employment elsewhere.

Lamenting that children were not a "political priority" in the country, Nobel laureate and child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi today appealed to the Centre to implement the toughest law to put an end to their exploitation.

In a move to spread awareness on Right to Information Act (RTI), a forum for teachers from various institutions have joined hands to educate the students and others on the landmark transparency legislation enacted in 2005. The need for the forum was felt as public awareness on RTI is low even after seven years of enacting the law, despite the effor...

Right to Education (RTE) Act has finally secured the seal of approval that matters. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the act, which mandates 25 per cent free seats to the poor in government and private unaided schools uniformly across the country. The order was generally hailed by parents and the academia, with only s...

On the historic day when the RTE act becomes a law, the PM in an unprecedented move addressed the nation on right to education.

As a historic law the Right to Education comes into force today, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal says education is a national responsibility.

The problem with the bringing the law will not be in Parliament but on the ground in implementation.