SUBJECT: Innocent school children in Delhi belonging to the economically weaker sections of the society continue to suffer everyday due to lack of basic facilities like desks, water, electricity, clean toilets, teachers in their schools due to the indifference and negligence on the part of the Government of NCT of Delhi and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi in implementing the Right of children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
The following problems were highlighted in the Government schools:
1. Teacher is not there for teaching.
2. Lack of good behavior towards students.
3. Teachers give them work like to cleaning the classroom, benches, ground etc.
4. Teachers beat the students without any reason.
5. School doesn’t give chance to girl’s to play the games in the school.
6. There is no potable water in the school campus.
7. There is no tap or water supply in the school properly.
8. In some schools, there are no benches for students to sit and do studies well.
9. In the absence of the principal, teachers take them (student) away from the class and give them work to clean the school campus.
10 .Whenever students ask any question, the teachers beat them without any reason.
11 .Lack of education and studies in the school.
12 .Toilets are in bad condition.
13 .Teachers give homework to students without making them understand the topic.
14 .Facilities of computer class and science lab are lacking.
15 .There is no play ground in some schools.
16 .Teachers don’t come to school on time.
17 . Overcrowded classrooms.
The misconduct and negligence on the part of Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is in violation of the Constitutional and the statutory rights of the children to free and compulsory quality elementary education as envisaged in Article 21 (right to life with dignity) and Article 21-A (right to education) of the Constitution of India and in Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. We would also like to mention that though the historic Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 ensures that children between 6-14 years have access to free and quality elementary education, legislating laws is only half the work done. The government has made a promise to millions of children and it is necessary to ensure that the concerned authorities constantly assess the factors that go into preventing the children from attending school. The government and local authorities are obligated to provide schools, set benchmarks, rules of implementation etc regarding various provisions of the Act. The government has to work towards restoring the sanctity of the childhood of school-going children as well as out of school children, including children with disabilities.
It is understood that the Act aims at those who are not privileged enough to exercise their right to quality education. It has become crucial to inculcate equality in our society where large scale disparity prevails. Therefore, every child is equal before law and all of them should have access to the same quality of education. The responsibility of the authorities does not end at bringing such children to school, the essence of the Act is that they actually attend school and complete their elementary education. It is unfortunate that access to education has been a constant struggle for the unprivileged and disempowered. The State was expected to bring all the children into school within ten years of the commencement of the Constitution but miserably failed. Unnikrishnan’s landmark judgment (1993) of the Hon’ble Supreme Court declaring right to education a fundamental right of every child has never been implemented. Now Article 21-A has been inserted in the Constitution which mandates State to provide free and compulsory education to all the children in the age group 6 to 14 years now that the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act of 2009 has been passed and come into force w.e.f. 01.04.2010. It is submitted that despite all these legislations and assurances, the children of the masses are continued to be deprived of their right to quality education. The need of the hour is to inculcate an accountability system wherein anyone who disobeys the protocol laid down by the Act will be answerable.
We, therefore, most humbly request you to kindly take cognizance of these postcards and initiate appropriate proceedings against both the State Government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to redress the just, legal and bonafide grievances of the students of these schools relating to serious violations of their right to education.
Thanking you.
Yours Sincerely,
The following problems were highlighted in the Government schools:
1. Teacher is not there for teaching.
2. Lack of good behavior towards students.
3. Teachers give them work like to cleaning the classroom, benches, ground etc.
4. Teachers beat the students without any reason.
5. School doesn’t give chance to girl’s to play the games in the school.
6. There is no potable water in the school campus.
7. There is no tap or water supply in the school properly.
8. In some schools, there are no benches for students to sit and do studies well.
9. In the absence of the principal, teachers take them (student) away from the class and give them work to clean the school campus.
10 .Whenever students ask any question, the teachers beat them without any reason.
11 .Lack of education and studies in the school.
12 .Toilets are in bad condition.
13 .Teachers give homework to students without making them understand the topic.
14 .Facilities of computer class and science lab are lacking.
15 .There is no play ground in some schools.
16 .Teachers don’t come to school on time.
17 . Overcrowded classrooms.
The misconduct and negligence on the part of Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is in violation of the Constitutional and the statutory rights of the children to free and compulsory quality elementary education as envisaged in Article 21 (right to life with dignity) and Article 21-A (right to education) of the Constitution of India and in Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. We would also like to mention that though the historic Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 ensures that children between 6-14 years have access to free and quality elementary education, legislating laws is only half the work done. The government has made a promise to millions of children and it is necessary to ensure that the concerned authorities constantly assess the factors that go into preventing the children from attending school. The government and local authorities are obligated to provide schools, set benchmarks, rules of implementation etc regarding various provisions of the Act. The government has to work towards restoring the sanctity of the childhood of school-going children as well as out of school children, including children with disabilities.
It is understood that the Act aims at those who are not privileged enough to exercise their right to quality education. It has become crucial to inculcate equality in our society where large scale disparity prevails. Therefore, every child is equal before law and all of them should have access to the same quality of education. The responsibility of the authorities does not end at bringing such children to school, the essence of the Act is that they actually attend school and complete their elementary education. It is unfortunate that access to education has been a constant struggle for the unprivileged and disempowered. The State was expected to bring all the children into school within ten years of the commencement of the Constitution but miserably failed. Unnikrishnan’s landmark judgment (1993) of the Hon’ble Supreme Court declaring right to education a fundamental right of every child has never been implemented. Now Article 21-A has been inserted in the Constitution which mandates State to provide free and compulsory education to all the children in the age group 6 to 14 years now that the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act of 2009 has been passed and come into force w.e.f. 01.04.2010. It is submitted that despite all these legislations and assurances, the children of the masses are continued to be deprived of their right to quality education. The need of the hour is to inculcate an accountability system wherein anyone who disobeys the protocol laid down by the Act will be answerable.
We, therefore, most humbly request you to kindly take cognizance of these postcards and initiate appropriate proceedings against both the State Government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to redress the just, legal and bonafide grievances of the students of these schools relating to serious violations of their right to education.
Thanking you.
Yours Sincerely,
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