MLA promises to look into problems
There is a vast gap between policy making and its grassroot-level implementation, opined participants at a public hearing on implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009, held in the city on Sunday.
The public hearing was organised by ISRD-Childline with support of the National Coalition for Education (NCE) at Utkal Ashram auditorium. It was attended by Berhampur MLA R.C.C. Patnaik, legal experts, members of School Management Committees (SMC), panchayat body members, tribal activists, officials of Ganjam district Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan, and child right activists.
NCE State advocacy coordinator Naba Kishor Pujari said through public hearings, issues, challenges, and suggestions regarding RTE implementation can be discussed by the people who are at the helm of affairs for its implementation at grassroot level.
According to State convenor of Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL) Sudhir Sabat, policy makers should get feedback from grassroot level for eradication of bottlenecks in the path of implementation of RTE Act.
The Berhampur MLA assured that he would initiate measures to solve problems that would come up during the public hearing. Manoranjan Sahu, project coordinator, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Ganjam, and Prananath, block resource coordinator, responded to all public queries and promised to undertake follow-up action regarding the issues brought forth at the public hearing.
Several practical problems related to implementation of RTE Act were discussed. Around 40 case studies were discussed at the public hearing. Manjula Nayak, sarpanch of Gajalbadi panchayat of Ganjam district, discussed the dismal infrastructure and lack of teachers in schools in her area. It was found that a Telugu medium school at Jhatipadar panchayat in Ganjam district did not have any Telugu medium teachers posted in it although most of its students had opted to study in Telugu medium. There were several complaints regarding lack of boundary wall, toilets, and drinking water facility in schools
Complaints galore
There were complaints that in most cases the SMCs in rural areas did not have proper knowledge about their duty and power which was a major hindrance in the path of implementation of RTE Act. There were several complaints regarding centralised Mid-Day Meal (MDM) distribution in Berhampur and its periphery. Member of SCM of Chacha Nehru School of Berhampur alleged that the MDM supplied to the school was becoming uneatable for the students who attend the school in the second shift. Similar complaint was raised by an activist Babula Bhola from Nandika panchayat in Hijli block.
He alleged that food supplied from the centralised MDM kitchen in Berhampur was of low grade in comparison to the earlier cooked food supplied by local Women Self-Help Groups (SHG).
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/public-hearing-held-on-rte-implementation/article3797762.ece
There is a vast gap between policy making and its grassroot-level implementation, opined participants at a public hearing on implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009, held in the city on Sunday.
The public hearing was organised by ISRD-Childline with support of the National Coalition for Education (NCE) at Utkal Ashram auditorium. It was attended by Berhampur MLA R.C.C. Patnaik, legal experts, members of School Management Committees (SMC), panchayat body members, tribal activists, officials of Ganjam district Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan, and child right activists.
NCE State advocacy coordinator Naba Kishor Pujari said through public hearings, issues, challenges, and suggestions regarding RTE implementation can be discussed by the people who are at the helm of affairs for its implementation at grassroot level.
According to State convenor of Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL) Sudhir Sabat, policy makers should get feedback from grassroot level for eradication of bottlenecks in the path of implementation of RTE Act.
The Berhampur MLA assured that he would initiate measures to solve problems that would come up during the public hearing. Manoranjan Sahu, project coordinator, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Ganjam, and Prananath, block resource coordinator, responded to all public queries and promised to undertake follow-up action regarding the issues brought forth at the public hearing.
Several practical problems related to implementation of RTE Act were discussed. Around 40 case studies were discussed at the public hearing. Manjula Nayak, sarpanch of Gajalbadi panchayat of Ganjam district, discussed the dismal infrastructure and lack of teachers in schools in her area. It was found that a Telugu medium school at Jhatipadar panchayat in Ganjam district did not have any Telugu medium teachers posted in it although most of its students had opted to study in Telugu medium. There were several complaints regarding lack of boundary wall, toilets, and drinking water facility in schools
Complaints galore
There were complaints that in most cases the SMCs in rural areas did not have proper knowledge about their duty and power which was a major hindrance in the path of implementation of RTE Act. There were several complaints regarding centralised Mid-Day Meal (MDM) distribution in Berhampur and its periphery. Member of SCM of Chacha Nehru School of Berhampur alleged that the MDM supplied to the school was becoming uneatable for the students who attend the school in the second shift. Similar complaint was raised by an activist Babula Bhola from Nandika panchayat in Hijli block.
He alleged that food supplied from the centralised MDM kitchen in Berhampur was of low grade in comparison to the earlier cooked food supplied by local Women Self-Help Groups (SHG).
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/public-hearing-held-on-rte-implementation/article3797762.ece
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