When the Right to Education (RTE) Act came into force in 2009, it was celebrated as a landmark step in India’s journey towards equity and justice– guaranteeing free and compulsory education to all children aged 6 to 14. In villages across Bihar, this has meant that most children now have a school building nearby and…
Nagaland, home to 17 major tribes and numerous sub-tribes, each with its distinct language, customs, and traditions, is also among the states consistently struggling with deep-rooted educational challenges and low learning outcomes. A large section of its population belongs to historically marginalised communities and Scheduled Tribes, making exclusion from quality education a generational hurdle. Beyond…
By Abhishek Jain, Head, Public Policy at Mantra4Change. Historical Background to the Right to Education The right to education refers to every person’s right to access quality education. It is a human right that is expressly recognised under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 (‘UDHR’)1 as a right available to all wherein “education shall…
By Abhishek Jain, Head, Public Policy at Mantra4Change. Evolution of ‘education policy’ in India Post India’s independence in 1947, multiple commissions were set up over 2 decades to ideate and design independent and modern India’s educational system. Gradually the central government realised that there was a need to formulate a national level policy to promote…
By Abhishek Jain, Head, Public Policy at Mantra4Change. Finding ‘education policy’ in the larger umbrella of ‘policy’ In policy discourse, the most common discourse usually surrounds ‘public policy’ where the classification of policy has been on the basis of ownership i.e., whether it is owned and/or created by a public institution/ actor. In cases where…