Destitute children can’t go to school as govt depts wrangle
Times of India, Updated On:30-Nov--0001
l next to the home, but the social department said they could not risk sending the children outside the home, social jurist Ashok Agarwal said. Asha Kiran is the only state-run home under the social welfare department that has been providing shelter to nearly 800 mentally challenged persons, which includes 392 children.
Last year on December 6, a meeting of the advisory committee formed by the DoE raised the issue of the right of education of the children at the home under the RTE.
It was decided that a team would visit the home to identify the children eligible for mainstream education, and thereafter, steps will be taken to enrol them in a school.
“The team visited the home from March 12 to March 26 in 2011 and again from April 4 to April 7. Thirty-two boys and 12 girls were selected,” said Agarwal, who is also a member of the advisory committee. Education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said, “I was not aware of the issue. Every child has a right to education. I will look into the matter immediately.”