Saturday, August 21, 2010

The RTE Act. Invite for Presentation & Discussion


Dear Parents,
The Right to Education (RTE) Act was enacted by the Indian parliament in Aug 2009. More recently the Karnataka government drafted rules in order to ensure that every child between the age of 6 and 14 in Karnataka has access to free and compulsory education. The government has made these rules available on http://www.schooleducation.kar.nic.in/SSA/pdfdocs/rtedraftrules.pdf and has invited us as citizens to submit any feedback by 30 Aug 2010 on prabhaalexander@yahoo.co.in.

The RTE is bound to bring about many changes in all our schools, which will effect every single child, including yours.

The act in word and spirit promises to have a significant impact on Inventure Academy’s offering, education approach, admissions policy, student and parent body, student teacher ratio, human resources, curriculum, school calendar, fees….in other words every aspect of the school and your child’s education. While we wish to contribute as much as we can in terms of support, we need to discuss the pros and cons of the act.

Mr. Ramanand Mundkur, Managing Partner at Mundkur Law Partners, will present the Central RTE Act, the Karnataka draft rules and the information that is relevant to this act in the Constitution of India. Mr. Mundkur is a graduate of National Law School of India University and Harvard Law School. He has previously served as Counsel for the United Nations Compensation Commission and International Monetary Fund, and was Senior Consultant at Arthur Andersen for nearly 4 years. His daughter Kaavya studies at Inventure Academy in grade 1.

Your presence and participation at this meeting will make a difference so it is essential and earnestly sought. We request you to attend so we may understand, assimilate and discuss in order to decide our next steps. We intend to consolidate and forward our recommendations to the Government of Karnataka which has invited feedback by 30 August 2010.

Students of grade 8 upwards are expected to attend as well. It is important for them to understand what the effect of these changes will be and how they are a potent and vital contribution to the greater common good.

Please refer to links below for the RTE act, and Karnataka Government’s draft rules and some other relevant documents
http://education.nic.in/Elementary/elementaryRTE.asp
http://www.schooleducation.kar.nic.in/SSA/pdfdocs/rtedraftrules.pdf

Look forward to interacting with you on the 19 Aug 2010. (since it’s a long weekend we are conducting this meeting on a weekday post our sports day dry run)
Venue Multi Purpose Hall (Senior Block)
Time 15:00 hrs
Transport will be provided for students if required.

Thank you and best regards

Nooraine Fazal
Head of School
Inventure Academy

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