Follow RTE law, says CBSE chief

Updated on: Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Mr Vineet Joshi, chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) warned all schools affiliated with it to provide free education to 25 per cent to poor and socially weaker sections of the society.

Speaking to reporters after addressing teachers of over 500 CBSE schools in the country during the inauguration of 18th national annual conference of sahodaya schools in the city, Mr Joshi said that Parliament had passed the Right to Education Act this year and had mandated all government aided and private schools to provide free education to 25 per cent of students from poor and weaker section of the society. “It’s the law of the land they have to follow it”, he said.

Asked about the grade system introduced by CBSE, Mr Joshi said that students and their parents well welcomed it. “In fact we have not heard any student committing suicide in the pretext of examination stress. With this we are certain that grade system has become a great success”, he added.

Responding to another question, Mr Joshi said that in future CBSE would conduct All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) online as in the current context it would not be possible as many of the students were not comfortable with computers.

Earlier, Mr Joshi read out the speech copy of union HRD minister Kapil Sibal who was to inaugurate the conference but did not attend the meeting. Mr Sibal had said that with the conference teachers would discover their optimum potential to channelise students’ energy.

Follow RTE law, says CBSE chief

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