Latest Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act News & Updates

New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court has sought compliance reports from several states and Union Territories (UTs) over the implementation of Section 12(1)(c) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, warning that failure to file affidavits may compel the top court to summon the Principal Secretaries of their Education Departments. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi was hearing a writ petition filed by Md Imran Ahmad concerning the i…

Chennai, Feb 28 (IANS) In a significant development for regional language advocates in Tamil Nadu, the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), on Saturday, decided to introduce Tamil as a medium of instruction in select Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) on a pilot basis. The move marks the first formal step by the Central school system towards accommodating a regional language as a primary mode of teaching within its framework.The decision was communicated by R. Senthil Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of KVS’s C…