Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 12: Minister of State for Education, Science and Technology, Feroz Ahmed Khan inaugurated a 2-day State Level Consultation on Right to Education Act for Children in J&K at Gandhi Bhawan, University of Kashmir today.
Addressing the inaugural session, the Minister said that the State has, in fact, a rich history of educational development, some of the important development in this context date back to first half of the 20th century. He said, after independence and with coming into force of the Constitution of the State, right of free education upto University level came to be a part and parcel of the Directive Principles of our State Policy.
Giving details of certain important features of right of children to free and compulsory education Act 2009, Mr. Feroz Khan said that we have to ensure compulsory admission, attendance and completion of elementary education, good quality elementary education besides to ensure that children from weaker and disadvantaged groups are not discriminated.
Saying that no child can be held back or expelled from school, the Minister stressed for no physical punishment or mental harassment of children. He asked teachers to assess learning ability of each child and regularly meet parents in order to demonstrate the desire to move forward in the matter of education being guaranteed as a right to every citizen.
Vice-Chancellor, University of Kashmir, Prof. M. A. Sofi, Advisor, School Education, J&K Govt. Mohammad Rafi, Director School Education, Kashmir, Mir Tariq Ali, Director RMSA, H. A. Parray, Dy. Programme Director, S Dave the Children, Manabhandra Nath Ray, Dean Students Welfare, KU, Prof. Nilofar Khan HoD, Human Development Department, Govt. Women’s College, M.A.Road, Prof (Dr) Yasmeen Ashai, besides Prof. M.A.Shah, Prof. N. A. Nadeem, HoD, Law Deptt. KU, Prof. M. Ayoub Dar, Registrar, KU, Prof. Zaffar A. Reshi, faculty members, Resource persons, participants from all the three regions of the State participated in the brain storming sessions.
Vice Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof. M. A. Sofi in his address said that education is a fundamental right of every human being irrespective of race, gender, nationality, ethnic or social origin, religion or political preference, age or disability which lays foundation for the development of society. He said that the Indian Parliament enacted the Right to Education Act in 2009 to provide free and compulsory education to all children in the age group of 6-14 years. He said that the Act notifies that it is a legally enforceable duty of the Centre and the States to provide free and compulsory education.
Later, the technical session began under the chairmanship of Vice Chancellor Kashmir University with the power point presentation by Advisor, School Education, Mohammad Rafi.
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