This document discusses India's Right to Education Act. It notes that the right to education was established in the Universal Declaration of 1948 and the Indian Constitution. The 82nd amendment in 2002 and Right to Education bill of 2009 made education a fundamental right. The Right to Education Act specifies that the central government will develop a national curriculum framework with input from an academic authority. Guidelines for curriculum development include using a child-centered approach and the child's mother tongue as the medium of instruction. The act also provides for special provisions like special training to help dropout students rejoin their appropriate age level class.

1. ONE DAY ORIENTATION
PROGRAMME ON
RIGHT TO EDUCATION
Dr Amruth G. Kumar
Assistant Professor
School of Education
Pondicherry University

2. Right to Education
• Universal Declaration Act 1948
• Indian Constitution-Article 45
• Historical negligence to Free
and Compulsory Education

3. Education as Fundamental
Right
• 82nd Amendment (Article 21A)
in 2002
• Right to Education bill- 2009

4. RTE and NCF
• Sub section (6) of section 7 of
RTE specifies that Central
Government shall:
“Develop a framework on
National Curriculum with the
help of Academic authority
specified in section 29”

5. Guidelines for curriculum
development
• Conformity with values enshrined in the constitution
• All round development of child
• Building up child's knowledge, potential and talents
• Development of Physical and mental abilities to the
fullest extent
• Learning through activities, discovery, and exploration in
a child friendly and child- centered manner
• Medium of instruction shall, as far as possible, be in
child's mother tongue
• Making the child free of fear, trauma, and anxiety and
helping the child to express views freely
• Comprehensive and continuous evaluation of child’s
understanding of knowledge and his/her ability to apply
the same
(Section 29 (2))

6. School management
committee (SMC)
• SMC’s functions that may
influence Curricular activities:
a) Monitor School work
b) Prepare and recommend
school development plan
Section 21(2)

7. Special provision
• “Special provision for dropouts to
join in a class corresponding to their
age”
• “In order to be par with others they
should be given special training
Section 3 (4)