SDMC Coordination Committee welcomes extension of RTE Act up to class 10 for SC/ST students
The Karnataka State School Development and Monitoring Committees has praised the government's decision to extend the Right to Education Act for SC/ST students up to class 10. This move is seen as a progressive step towards providing free and compulsory education to marginalized communities. The committee believes that no amendment to the original Act is necessary for this extension to take place.
- ▪The SDMC Coordination Committee supports the extension of the RTE Act for SC/ST students up to class 10.
- ▪Educationist Niranjanaradhya V.P. described the government's decision as progressive and not contradictory to the Act.
- ▪A gazette notification can be issued to extend free education provisions under the Act.
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The Karnataka State School Development and Monitoring Committees (SDMCs) Co-ordination Committee has welcomed the State government’s move to extend free and compulsory education to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) students up to class 10 under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009.The committee’s patron and educationist Niranjanaradhya V.P. said that the decision of the State government to extend the RTE Act, 2009 for children from economically weaker sections and disadvantaged groups is a progressive and welcoming step. “It is neither contradictory nor repugnant to the core provision of the Act since it a progressive step.
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