Lok Satta to survey impelementation Of Right to Education Act

Hyderabad, Jun 12 : The District units of the Lok Satta Party would undertake a random survey of elementary schools to ascertain the steps Andhra Pradesh Government had taken to implement the Right to Education Act (REA)which came into force recently.The Act provides for free and compulsory education to all children in the age group of 6 to 14 from Classes I to VIII. In a statement the party said society would have to share the responsibility with the Government in making the implementation of the legisation a success as the future of the country depended on children in schools. The LSP teams would examine whether the schools have the basic infrastructure like buildings, toilets and drinking water facility and adequate number of qualified teachers and whether they were accessible to students in both urban and rural areas.
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