Over 21 percent hike in RTE funds
Friday March 16, 2012 03:16:53 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Finance
Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday announced a hike of over 21
percent in the budget allocation for providing free and compulsory
education to children below 14 years.
"I proposed an increase in allocation by 21.7 percent for RTE
(Right to Education) -Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to Rs.25,555 crore,"
Mukherjee said in parliament.
The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is implemented in partnership with state
governments and covers nearly 192 million children across the
country. The programme aims at opening new schools in areas where
none exist and strengthen infrastructure through additional
classrooms, toilets, drinking water, maintenance and school
improvement grants.
The finance ministry also raised the allocation for the secondary
education scheme Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.
"I propose an increase of 29 percent for Rashtriya Madhyamik
Shiksha Abhiyan to Rs.3,124 crore," Mukherjee added.
Under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act,
2009, which became operative with effect from April 2010, no
student up to Class 8 can be held back or expelled till the
completion of elementary education.
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