The details included the number of students enrolled under the RTE and the students-to-teacher ratio in each school. The deadline for submission of details was September 30.
All eight divisions of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education have failed to submit details that the state education department had sought regarding implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.
The details included the number of students enrolled under the RTE and the students-to-teacher ratio in each school. The deadline for submission of details was September 30.
The state government issued a Government Resolution (GR) on June 18 this year after the Centre enforced the RTE Act in April. Under the Act, children aged 6 to 14 years were to be admitted to schools, including dropouts. The government had asked the state school education department to ensure that students can be enrolled at any time of the academic year.
The board’s divisional offices were supposed to prepare the first report by September 30. However, none of the eight divisions — Pune, Kolhapur, Latur, Nashik, Mumbai, Amravati, Nagpur and Aurangabad — have submitted the reports.
When contacted, state director of school education, MR Kadam, said in this regard, each division has been asked to take necessary action, which is a time-consuming exercise. “The divisions have been asked to expedite the entire procedure,” he said.
Kadam added that the school education department has framed model rules for implementing the provisions of the RTE Act.
According to some officials of the Pune division of the board, there is confusion as the government has not issued fresh instructions regarding the ratio. “According to the current norms, 75% teachers should be DEd holders and 25% BEd graduates. But the state government has not mentioned anything about graduates and post-graduate teachers. There could be schools having graduate and post-graduate teachers,” the official said.
The problem has been communicated to the state government, but there has been no reply so far, hence the report has not been submitted within the stipulated deadline. “It will take another two to three months for submission of the reports,” the officials said.
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