NEW DELHI: A bill aimed at making free and compulsory education a right of every child is expected to be introduced in Parliament's Monsoon Session.
The 'Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008' is expected to be presented before the Cabinet soon so that it can be tabled in Parliament during the Parliament session likely to be convened next month, official sources said.
The proposed Act seeks to provide right to children in the age group of six to 14 years to get free education till completion of elementary education in a neighborhood school.
It stipulates duties and responsibilities of appropriate government, local authority and parents for providing free and compulsory education.
The bill, mooted in 2006, also specifies the responsibility of teachers and schools besides containing provisions for protection of child rights and redressals of their grievances are also part of the bill. The financial requirement for implementing bill for seven years from 2008-09 to 2014-15 is estimated to be $540 million.
A pension scheme for Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is also likely to come up before the cabinet. The Navodaya Vidyalayas have out-performed other schools recently.
However, a large number of teachers have resigned from these schools in view of non-applicability of pension scheme to the organisation. The new pension scheme would cost an additional Rs four crore annually.
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