Implementation of Right to Education Act 2009 for the Education of Children Living in Slums

Abstract

Education is globally recognised as a fundamental human right, and people with newlineaccess to education can develop the skills, capacity and confidencein order to secure and newlineprotect their rights. The Right to Education thus acts as an enabling right that functions as the newlinevoice through which rights can be claimed and protected. The Right to Education Act enacted newlinein 2009 marks as a historic moment for the children of India. Every child ages between 6 to 14 years has the right to free and compulsory education. This is stated as per the 86th newlineconstitution Amendment Act via Article 21-A. The Right to Education Act seeks to give newlineeffort to this amendment, the government schools shall provide free education to all children newlineand the schools will be managed by School Management Committee (SMC). It is the primary newlineresponsibility of the government to ensure implementation of this act. Being a part of the newlineconcurrent list, the central and state government are both responsible for ensuring effective newlineimplementation of the act. newlineThe growth of cities in developing countries has been accompanied by a rapid growth newlineof urban inhabitants living in the substandard conditions in slums. The urban slum people newlineconsist of poor people, migrants, skilled and unskilled workers. Slums are underserviced and newlinewith no service parts of cities where living conditions are often appallingly poor. Urban newlinechildren have long been more likely to have higher educational and health outcomes than newlinetheir rural counterparts. It is widely acknowledged that slum growth is largely a manifestation newlineof poverty, and its rate is rapid. Slums in the cities of developing countries cannot be wished newlineaway. newlineOur study being focussed on Children of the slums in cities of Cuttack and newlineBhubaneswar, so it entails an understanding of urban situations. The growth of cities in newlinedeveloping countries are generally accompanied by a rapid growth of labour population newlineliving a miserable life in the slums, which are either underserviced or with no service parts of newlinecities.