Factors that weakened the availability of quality education for weaker section of the society: In context of SRWS in the RTE Act

Abstract

Right to Education (RTE) is considered an important step for providing quality education to the children belong to weaker section of the society by providing 25 per cent seat reservation of the total seats for these children in private schools. After the completion of more than ten years of the execution of the Act it is relevant to review the executions of the Act in the context of present scenario. Several studies are available about the execution of the Act. Some unique aspects of poor implementation have been discussed here. Several provisions have been revised in National Education Policy, 2020 in view of the problems of the execution of the Act.