RTI matter for RTE

Please provide following documentary information regarding implementation of Right to Education on following counts:

1.    How many children are in this school?

2.    How many children can the school admit?

3.    How many students in the school are from economically weaker section?

4.    Is the school eligible for re-imbursement for a student from economically weaker section?

5.    What is the per-child expenditure incurred by the school?

6.    What is the amount that the state re- imbursement as expenditure on a child from economically weaker section?

7.    Is there a SMC in the school?

8.    How many members are there in the SMC?

9.    How many female members in the SMC?

10. What are the selection criteria for an SMC Member?

11. How many times has the school management committee met in the current academic year?

12. When was the last SMC meeting held?

13. How were the members of the school management committee selected?

14. What decisions have been taken by the SMC in the last academic year?

15. What is the number of teachers in the school that have minimum qualifications as prescribed by the academic authority?

16. What is the number of teachers in the school that do not have minimum qualifications as prescribed by the academic authority?

17. What is the total number of complaints that have been filed against teachers for failing to observe duties imposed on them in section 24(1)?

18. Who is the officer responsible for hearing such grievances? Please provide the contact details.

19. What action has been taken against teachers found guilty of failing to observe duties under section 24(1) of the RTE Act?

20. What is the current student- teacher ratio in the school?

21. What is the number of existing vacancies for teachers in the school?

22. How many more teachers are needed to be appointed to satisfy the student-teacher ratio in the schedule of the RTE Act?

23. What is the number of class rooms in the school?

24. How many class rooms are fitted with a black board?

25. What is the number of class rooms having concrete roof, proper doors and windows?

26. Is electricity available in the school?

27. Is computer facility available in the school?

28. Number of students for whom Mid-Day-meal is prepared each day?

29. What is the total annual budget for Mid-day-meals?

30. Has school mapping been done? If yes, when, by whom and where?

31. What was the result of school mapping?

32. Where was the Household Survey done? When was the Household Survey done?

33. Has households surveys been done? If yes, when, by whom and where?

34. What was the result of household surveys? Please attach the full report of the household survey exercise.

35. Are there school age children in the neighbourhood that do not go to school? If yes, approximately how many?

36. What has been done to get them to school?

37. How have EWS children been defined?

38. How have EWS children been selected?

39. How have children from EWS been admitted?

40. How many EWS children are there?

41. What percentage EWS children are there? If less than 25%, why?

42. What happens if EWS children quit or want to change school during school year or later in higher classes?

43. How will the Local Authority monitor the process of admitting EWS children?

44. What amount will the Local Authority reimburse the school with per student?

45. How has that calculation been made?

46. When will the reimbursement be paid back to the school?

47. Which administrative office is responsible for reimbursement payments? 

48. Is there a State Commission for protection of child rights/ REPA in the state?

49. If not, which Government office is responsible (RTE Act, sec. 31 (3))?

50. How many members are there in the SMC?

51. Gender profile of SMC members?

52. How were they selected?

53. What groups do the members represent?

54. Which schools in the neighbourhood do not fit the norms and standards for schools and face closure if not improved?

55. How many children go to these schools?

56. Where will these children go when failing Schools close?

57. What is the upper limit to the income of a family belonging to economically weaker section?

58. What is the number of new schools that have been identified to be established in the state?

59. What is the number of schools for which construction of which funds have been allocated and released? Please provide a list of these schools.

60. What is the amount of money released for each such school ?

61. What is the amount the state has allocated towards the implementation of the provisions of the RTE Act in the current financial year?

62. What is the amount the state has already spent towards implementation of the provisions of the RTE Act in the current financial year?

63. What is the quantum of funds that have been allocated for pre-school education?

64. Is pre-school education being provided in schools or through other institutions? If it is being provided through other institutions what are these institutions?

65. How many schools/other institutions providing pre-school education are present in the state?

66. What is the total number of girl children in the state who benefit from free pre-school education?

67. What is the total number of male children in the state who benefit from free pre-school education?

68. What is the total number of teaching and non- staff in such schools in the state?

69. Please provide details of the person/authority responsible for monitoring pre-school education

70. Please provide the details of the information sought from all the private schools by the state government.

71. Please provide the details of the information provided by all the private schools to the state government.

72. No. of instances reported where a school has charged capitation fee. List of schools found guilty of charging capitation fees. Amount of fine imposed on each school found guilty of charging capitation fee.

73. Name and designation of government officer responsible to do hearing and impose penalty in each such case.

74. List of schools found guilty of having a screening procedure for admission. Amount of fine imposed on each school found guilty of having a screening procedure for admission.

75. Number of schools that applied for recognition to appropriate authority in the current financial year. Number of schools that got recognition in the current financial year 

76. How many children between the age of 6-14 years do not go to school in the area of jurisdiction? Mode of identification:

a)      Number of cases reported through the household survey.

b)      Number of cases reported by parents or family members

c)       Number of cases reported by local NGOs or individuals

d)      Number of cases reported by children themselves

77. Has the local authority maintained a record of all the children up to the age of 14 years? If yes please provide with a copy of such record.

78. Is there a monitoring authority for admission of students from economically weaker sections? What is the contact detail of the person heading the monitoring authority?

79. Please provide a list of schools in the neighbourhood that do not meet the norms and standards prescribed in the RTE.

80. Please provide a list of schools in the neighbourhood that that meet the norms and standards prescribed in the RTE.

81. How many schools are only up to the primary education level?

82. How many schools offer elementary education?

83. What is the current average student- teacher ratio in the area of jurisdiction?

84. What is the number of complaints that have been received by NCPCR in the current financial year?

85. Out of the total complaints received this year what is the number of complaints that have been resolved?

86. What steps are taken by government for effective implementation of RTE?