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'Right to
education based on Gandhian philosophy'
Monday January 31, 2011 09:41:48 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Right to Education Act which promises
free and compulsory education to children between the age of six
and 14, is in tune with the Gandhian philosophy, speakers at a
conference on Child Rights from the Gandhian Perspective said
Monday.
Organised by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR)
in association with the NGO Aashiana, the conference was held to
mark the martyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi which was on Jan 30.
Oscar Fernandes, MP and chairman of the parliament's standing
committee on the human resource development ministry, said: "One
of the core ideas of Mahatma Gandhi was that every child should
get education, therefore the Right to Education is based on his
philosophy".
"Gandhi had said that if a child gets education then he or she
will have the access to anything in life," he added.
Reiterating the point, Amod Kanth, chairperson of DCPCR quoted
various examples when Gandhi interacted with children and listened
to their views on different issues.
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