By Rakesh Reddy Thummalapally

With the rapid increase in the number of private schools, school choice is becoming difficult for parents. There are no valid and reliable methods available to make them informed about the performance of different schools. School rating is one tool through which different stakeholders can make informed decisions about schools.  Even though school rating is conducted abroad and for elite schools in India a large proportion of children studying in budget private schools mostly from economically weaker sections do not have access to such data.

By Devkanya Chakravarty

Civil society advocates often accuse teacher unions of being too consumed in demanding greater personal benefits and parrying attempts at accountability, to play any constructive role in the education sphere. I beg not.

 By Shruti Ambast

by Supriya Narang

The Right to Education Act 2009 (RTE Act) passed by the Parliament of India makes education a fundamental right for all children between the ages of six and fourteen. The Act was enforced on 1 April 2010 and is a landmark development in achieving universal elementary education.

There was a recent story in the Indian Express about a magistrate moving the Delhi High Court after Delhi University refused to enroll her for a Ph.D. The story is here:

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/magistrate-moves-court-for-her-right-to-education/661765/

The Aga Khan Foundation has released a useful directory of scholarships offered by the Central government and the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra. Here is the link: 

http://www.akdn.org/publications/2010_AKF_India_Scholarship_Directory.pdf

A report by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration shows an increase in enrolment of Muslim girls in primary and upper primary levels in 2009-10.

A recent order issued by the UP government states that private aided schools cannot collect fees from its students. More on this story can be found here:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UP-adopts-RTE-in-letter-and-spirit/articleshow/6108669.cms