ALL
AGARWAL BHAWAN,
TIS HAZARI, DELHI-110054
29.04.2011
The parents all over the country have been raising their voices against inaction on the part of the Central and State Governments to check the menace of commercialization of education in unaided private schools. It is unfortunate that the governments have utterly failed to check arbitrary fee hike by the private schools despite directives by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in
Another aspect of the matter is that all children including the children with disabilities have a basic human and fundamental right to receive good quality education in the mainstream schools as guaranteed to them under Article 14 (right to equality), Article 21 (right to life with dignity), Article 21-A (right to education) and Article 38 (right to social justice) of the Constitution of India read with the provisions of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2008). It is estimated that about 10 crores children are out of school and are engaged in labour though their rightful place is in school. Those children who are in the government school system are receiving very poor quality of education. Fee-charging private schools are flourishing at the cost of government schools. It is all happening due to the apathy of the governments towards the educational needs of the children of the masses of this country. It is unfortunate as well as unconstitutional that discriminatory system of schooling exists within the
In the aforesaid backdrop, the All India Parents Association (AIPA) will stage a peaceful protest against arbitrary fee hike in private schools and apathy of governments towards state run schools on 30 April 2011 from 10 am to 1 pm at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. Similar coordinated protests by the parents will also take place in many states & districts all over India on the same day and time demanding (i) Enactment of a Central Law to Regulate Fees in Unaided Private Schools and (ii) Upgrade all Government Schools all over the country to the level of Kendriya Vidyalayas (Central Schools).
The contact persons in different States/Districts who have so far sent their confirmation regarding organizing coordinated protests are: (i) Advocate R.K.Yadav (Gurgaon-Haryana) M-09811946177, (ii) Mr. Amit Mehra (Aligarh-U.P.) M-09412276759, (iii) Mr. Vikas Shukla (Lucknow-U.P.) M-9019687653, (iv) Mr. Ranjit Jadhgavrao (Pune-Maharashtra) M-07798646976, (v) Mr. Tapas Swain (Cuttak-Orissa) M-09040112599, (vi) Mr. Sanjeev Verma (Kanpur-U.P.) M-09415127096, (vii) Mr. Nur Mohd. (Alwar-Rajasthan) M- 09413304746, (viii) Mr. Vijay Goel (Jaipur-Rajasthan), (ix) Mr. Rakesh Jain (Ludhiana-Punjab) M-09814103151, (x) Ms. Avisha (Mumbai-Maharashtra) M-09821524455, (xi) Mr. Satish Chandra Dwivedi (Freedom Park, Banglore, Karnataka) M-09448282303.
On behalf of AIPA & all other participating organizations and individuals:
Ashok Agarwal, Advocate
National President, AIPA
M-09811101923
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