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Right to Education (RTE) A Step towards 100% Literacy
Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
Education enables individuals to reach their full potential as human beings, both individually and as members of
society. Education is also the driver of a country's economic development, but it does not always get the priority
it deserves.
India has the largest population of youth in the world. However, not all of them are educated. According to
Census zone, India's literacy rate is 74.04 per cent. Literacy rate among Indian women is 65.46 per cent, while
for men it is 82..14 per cent. The main factor that contributed to this was the literacy in the country do not
realise the importance of education and do not think it benefits them in any way.
Fortunately, the situation is changing fast. More and more parents, irrespective of their social and economic
backgrounds, are keen to educate their children.
Since independence, India has also taken many steps to impart and improve education in the homeland. But
none has been as concrete as the Right to Education (RTE) Act. The Act was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on
December 2008. It was passed in the Lok Sabha on 4th August 2009 and the President gave his assent to it on
26th August 2009.
The Act came into force on ist April zoio as a fundamental right and with it, India became one of the 135
countries to make education a fundamental right of every child.
The salient features of the RTE Act are:
■ The state governments and local bodies must ensure that every child gets education in a school in the
neighbourhood.
■ The Act mandates that even private educational institutions have to reserve 25% of seats foran children from
the weaker sections.
■ The school management committee or the local authority will identify the drop-outs or out of school children
above six years of age and admit them in classes appropriate to their age after giving special training.
■ Every child must get education.