1. Good morning people. I’m Ansuhka sahu and in today’s debate activity, I stand before
you with due respect for our examiner and my deserving competitors to assure your
opinions in the denial of the topic “The Right to education act is a realistic and achievable
goal that will change the face of education in India.”
My knowledgeable friends have drawn a rosy and optimistic picture of our country’s
future in the field of education. Everyone’s taking about the time when each and every
indian citizen will hold a graduate degree in hands. But let me wake you up, its too far !
Passed in 2009, the RTE Act came into force on April 1, 2010. According to the Act,
every child between the ages of 6 to 14 has the right to free and compulsory education,
without any child being subjected to social or cultural discrimination.
This is a very good but an impractical step. Looking at the present shortage of teachers in
government schools, every teacher will likely end up with a class of 80+ students, which
will be impossible for them to handle. In my view, the creators of the act have put things
on paper without taking ground realities into consideration.
Speaking on the issue, J. S. Rajput, former director of NCERT says, “ 90 per cent of
government schools do not meet the standards required under RTE Act. If their schools
can't meet the standards how can they transfer their responsibility to private schools.
Students from the underprivileged sections often do not gel well with the students in
private schools, thus they either withdraw themselves or get hyper. If we really want to
do something for economically weaker section, we could have started a second shift in
the evening.”
The change can’t be brought overnight we have to climb small steps inspite of
misleading. Why can’t these govt. introduce acts for the country rather than for votes?
Friends the day this bafflement will be solved, RTE would become a realisitc and
acheivable goal and India would possess a new face. That would be the day when I’ll be a
part of my opponents team, as we are born for the coountry and we’ll die for it only.
Thank you.