Education every child's right

The Lok Sabha passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2009, on Tuesday, thereby making education for children between the ages of six and 14 a fundamental right in the country nearly 16 years after the Supreme Court had said that this should be done.

Describing the move to make elementary education universal and compulsory as a "national enterprise", Union minister of human resources development Kapil Sibal told the Lok Sabha: "We, as a nation, cannot afford to not let our children go to school. This nation cannot afford to say 'No' to children where going to school is concerned because there is no money."

The minister was responding to the concern expressed by several MPs on how the government would deal with the huge financial implications of seeking to universalise elementary education in the country.

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Central Board of Secondary Education grading, ‘optional’ Class 10 exam from 2010

Union human resources development minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday he plans to make the Class 10 board examination optional for students under the Central Board of Secondary Education from 2010, when the new grading system of assessment would also be introduced.

The minister said the proposal for a one-board-one-exam system across the country was not on HRD’s immediate agenda as a uniform exam might not be possible right away because of the differences in standards between the state boards.

"Unless the quality of education in state boards is improved, they cannot affiliate to a uniform system. The one-board-one-exam system needs to be evolved after a detailed consultation process," he said.

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