PRESENT SCENARIO OF IMPLEMENENTATION OF RTE ACT, 2009 IN SCHOOLS AND MADRASAHS: AN EVEVALUATIVE STUDY IN MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL

Abstract

The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21-A in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right in such a manner as the State may, by law, determine. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which represents the consequential legislation envisaged under Article 21-A means that every child has a right to full time elementary education of satisfactory and equitable quality in a formal school which satisfies certain essential norms and standards. The objectives of this study are: To document my three research objectives I have used Qualitative method. The present researcher may be concluded his report by saying that the educational environment is almost good in every school of his study area but the achievement of the students is very poor. More the school will be established in this area. Recruitment of teacher should be regular. Overall for the teachers, if the RTE Act is summarized it would be; do not turn away the child, do not hit the child and encourage the child. Right to education act is blamed for the low learning level of the child by the teachers. But one cannot culpability the policy for no learning, as the factors affecting the learning are still the same. So, the policy cannot be blamed alone. Also, there is a need to judge one’s own actions. RTE Act is definitely maximizing the enrolment of the children in the schools but providing quality education is the need of the hour. Teachers, who are the vanguard providers of the education services, were required to implement the RTE Act about which they had no clear awareness and knowledge regarding this act. This had a negative impact on the implementation of the act. It is important for the teachers to be trained and schools have resources to cater to the needs of all the children.