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 My best wishes to all implementing bodies which are contributing so hardworkingly, in the effortive directions of ,"RTE-RIGHT TO EDUCATION". My question here is, if at all this is an open forum to find solutions; that ---How is Governing body incharge for promulgating right Teacher:Student Ratio (I was shown, 1 teacher: 20 students) effectively seen monitored in every Government-run Primary School ? I have so far seen Teachers struggling with 55(Std 6th)-to-80(Std- 1st) students per unit division in a class in Mumbai Municipality Government-run Primary Schools.

 Visiting Officers, turn a blind-eye to that, rather than intervening and re-aligning the Teacher-Student Ratios to 1:20?....... Now, by RTE-ACT, 46--48 Hours Teaching per week added. Can you imagine, assume a 48-periods per week teach-schedule;  how much time is effected in Correcting Books of ( 80 Students)? A wild guess from my side is almost 1 hour per day per subject ,multiply it with 7-Core teaching Subjects; we get less 7 Hours . So subtracting 7-Hours, we get leftover 41-Hours. Dividing the answer by 7-subjects, we get 6 Hours left; and divide that with 6-days schedule; we get 1-hours leftover to complete 7 subjects work of  6hours-daily teacher duty hours.

 Added to this is planning for activities,projects,discussions,etc.....Zero is the answer, to the Teacher who is  forced to teach and attend to 80-students per-second per week. God save our Primary Teachers then who are already overburedened with quality manifesting or shall we say manufacturing diktats by the Headmistress and all other superior staff.!! Who will save these teachers, planning and action by officers is to be seen now ??

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Maharashtra brings out rulebook to ease implementation of RTE Act

Maharashtra brings out rulebook to ease implementation of RTE Act
Published: Friday, Nov 5, 2010, 3:52 IST
By Puja Pednekar, Place: Mumbai ;Agency: DNA

To standardise implementation of the Right to Education Act (RTE) and to dispel misconceptions surrounding it, the government has decided to issue a rulebook to schools across Maharashtra with easy to follow guidelines.
Though it was introduced in 2009, the state has now devised the draft rules to simplify the jargon-loaded Act.
“Many schools have misunderstood the Act or are confused about its implementation. Earlier, we had issued government regulations (GRs) that sought to implementation of certain sections of the Act; however, confusion prevailed,” said Balasaheb Thorat, minister for primary and secondary education.
The draft rules have been uploaded on the education department website and are open for public suggestions or objections till November 19.

Scrutinising the feedback, the government will convey the same to the Centre and chalk out the next course of action. “We may come up with revised draft rules,” said Thorat.

According to the minister, many doubts about the Act still persist. “It’s unclear whether the onus of implementing the Act will be on a block education officer or a deputy director of public instruction,” he explained. Then there is this indisputable fact about 30 per cent students being first-generation learners.

“More importantly, the condition of schools in cities and villages varies. This factor also needs to be looked into,” Thorat added.

Lamenting what he termed “flawed” priorities, Thorat said prioritising primary education was overdue. “Unfortunately, higher education gets investments and priorities, whereas primary education is pushed to the corner. This should change,” he asserted. The state has also put the onus of implementation on the Centre, saying it should extend ‘sufficient’ monetary support.

“Unless the Union government releases the funds required for the implementation of the Act, the Act will not be feasible,” said Thorat.The Centre will incur 68 per cent of the implementation cost while the state will bear the rest.