Education Of the Weaker and Disadvantaged Sections in Private Schools in Tamilnadu-An Analysis

Abstract

Education paves way for economic growth and development. India, being a welfare state where more than a quarter of the world's poorest people resides, has taken several progressive measures in legislation, executive orders, and policy decisions. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act,2009 provides 25% reservation for children admitted to all unaided non-minority private schools. It strives for the constitutional mandate of social integration where the resultant cost incurred by private schools in this process has to be reimbursed by the government. The objective of this study is to critically analyze the broad vision of inclusive education, private schools participation in school education, impact of 7.5% reservation for students studied in government schools and the challenges faced in its implementation through analysis of the government data, particularly Tamil Nadu State Commission of Protection of Child Rights (TNPCR), National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NPCR), provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education act,2009; Tamil Nadu Right of Children to free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2011 and recent decisions.