Fee regulation act in Gujarat

Abstract

Education is one of the most powerful tools for reducing poverty, inequality and laws string foundations for economic growth. One of the millennium development goals aimed to solve the challenges in accessing primary education. The aim of any education system in India was first published in 1953 in the secondary education commission report that was published. It aimed to develop the habits, attitudes, qualities of every inhabitant and equip all citizens to bear the burden of life[1]. The gross enrolment ratio that indicates number of children enrolled in primary school rose by 22 points in India, in a span of 21 years Policies like “Universal elementary education” and “National Policy on education” and various schemes like Sarva Shiksha Abhyan, district primary education program, operation black board etc. have been aimed at strengthening the social fabric and provide equal opportunities. Even after all these policies, too many children are still denied their right to primary education and the government has been making efforts like developing infrastructure, providing mid-day meals and paying school fees through RTE to promote education[2]. The current status of the educational institutes can be known Based on the elementary education report card 2016-17, which reported that India has a total of 1,467,680 schools out of which 1,072,836 are government schools and 349,412 are private schools [Exhibit 1]. Even though the absolute number of government schools is higher, it is seen in exhibit 2, that the enrolment per school is greater for primary schools as compared to government schools. Indian government schools are often mistaken to be the only option for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The percentage of children enrolled in government schools in rural India is 62% in 2014 as against 72.6% in 2007-08 and in urban India is only 31%[3]. Overall in year 2015-16, there has been a rise of 17.5 million students enrolled in private schools and a fall of 13 million enrolled students in government schools.