{"id":2218,"date":"2024-04-26T03:11:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2218"},"modified":"2024-04-26T03:11:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:41:45","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-107","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. As per the Right to Education (RTE) Act, to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in a State, a person would be required to possess the minimum qualification laid down\u00a0by the concerned State Council of Teacher Education.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. As per the RTE Act, for teaching primary classes, a candidate is required to pass a Teacher Eligibility Test conducted in a accordance with the National Council of Teacher Education guidelines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. In India, more than 90% of teacher education institutions are directly\u00a0under the State Governments.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1 and 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 3 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer: (b) 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • In accordance with the provisions of\u00a0sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009<\/strong>, the\u00a0National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has laid down the minimum qualifications<\/strong>\u00a0for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in class I to VIII, vide its Notification dated August 23, 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • One of the essential qualifications for a person to be\u00a0eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the primary schools<\/strong>\u00a0is that\u00a0he\/she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET)<\/strong>\u00a0which will be conducted by the appropriate Government.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • From the\u00a0mid-1960s to 1993<\/strong>, the\u00a0number of Teacher Education Institutions(TEIs) in India went up<\/strong>\u00a0from about 1,200 to about 1,500. After the\u00a0NCTE was set up<\/strong>, the\u00a0number of TEIs<\/strong>\u00a0exploded\u00a0to about 16,000 by 2011, of which\u00a0over 90%\u00a0are private<\/strong>. So in India,\u00a0more than 90% of teacher education institutions are private institutes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        Right to Education Act<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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        • Every child between the\u00a0ages of 6 to 14 years has the right to free and compulsory education<\/strong>.\n
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          • This is stated as per the\u00a086th Constitution Amendment Act via Article 21A.<\/strong>\u00a0The Right to Education Act seeks to give effect to this amendment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The government schools shall provide free education to all the children and the schools will be managed by School Management Committees (SMC).\u00a0Private schools shall admit at least 25% of the children in their schools without any fee.<\/strong>\n
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            • The\u00a0National Commission for Elementary Education<\/strong>\u00a0shall be constituted to monitor all aspects of elementary education including quality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Main Features of Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009:<\/strong>\n
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              • Free and compulsory education to all children of India in the 6 to 14 age group.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • No child shall be held back, expelled or required\u00a0to pass a board examination<\/strong>\u00a0until the completion of elementary education.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • If a child above 6 years of age has not been admitted in any school or could not complete his or her elementary education, then he or she shall be admitted in a class appropriate to his or her age. However, if a case may be where a child is directly admitted in the class appropriate to his or her age, then, in order to be at par with others, he or she shall have a\u00a0right to receive special training\u00a0<\/strong>within such time limits as may be prescribed. Provided further that a child so admitted to elementary education shall be entitled to\u00a0free education till the completion of elementary education even after 14 years.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Proof of age for admission:\u00a0<\/strong>For the purpose of admission to elementary education, the age of a child shall be\u00a0determined on the basis of the birth certificate<\/strong>\u00a0issued in accordance with the Provisions of Birth. Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1856, or on the basis of such other document as may be prescribed.\u00a0No child shall be denied admission in a school for lack of age proof.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • A child who completes elementary education shall be awarded a\u00a0certificate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Call need to be taken for a fixed student\u2013teacher ratio.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Twenty-five per cent reservation for economically disadvantaged communities<\/strong>\u00a0in admission to Class I in all private schools is to be done.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Improvement in the quality of education is important.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • School teachers will need adequate professional degree within five years or else will lose job.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • School infrastructure (where there is a problem) need to be improved in every 3 years, else recognition will be cancelled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Financial burden will be shared between the state and the central government.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? Answer: (b) 2 only Notes: Right to Education Act<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[39],"years":[55],"class_list":["post-2218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-indian-polity","years-55"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":39,"label":"Indian Polity"}],"years":[{"value":55,"label":"2018"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":39,"name":"Indian Polity","slug":"indian-polity","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":188,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}