RTE Act 2009: Private Schools To Provide Free and Compulsory Education To Children From Disadvantaged Sections

RTE Act 2009: Private Schools To Provide Free and Compulsory Education To Children From Disadvantaged Sections

[ad_1] SRINAGAR: The School Education Department Tuesday sought list of all private schools functioning from government land and ordered its management to compulsorily provide free education to children from weaker and disadvantaged sections. Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), in a communique has directed all the  Chief Education Officers (CEOs) of the region to implement … Read more

BJP leader moves PIL seeking compulsory voting in Parliament, Assembly polls

BJP leader moves PIL seeking compulsory voting in Parliament, Assembly polls

[ad_1] New Delhi: BJP leader and practicing lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay moved a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking compulsory voting in Parliament and Assembly elections. With an aim to increase the voters’ turnout, promote political participation, improve the quality of democracy and to secure the right to vote, … Read more

Delhi HC notice to Centre on PIL against compulsory reporting of POCSO cases

Delhi HC notice to Centre on PIL against compulsory reporting of POCSO cases

[ad_1] New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to file its reply, within six weeks, on a PIL challenging provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012, requiring compulsory reporting of sexual offences against minors. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad, … Read more