Centre has initiated a legislation to prevent malpractices by schools

Updated on: Thursday, November 08, 2012

Schools charging capitation fee, refusing admission to children, making false claims through misleading advertisements could be liable to punishment up to Rs 10 lakh. Prompted by public concern against unfair practices followed by schools, the Centre has piloted a legislation to prevent these malpractices. The bill will be considered by the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) in a meeting on Thursday.

The Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Schools bill aims to bring effective deterrent action. The bill has been drafted by CABE's sub-committee headed by former minister of state for HRD D Purandeswari. If the bill is cleared, schools will be liable for heavy financial penalty to the tune of Rs 10 lakh for denying a child admission without specified merit for selection of students, prohibits demanding donation or capitation fee, insisting a child buy uniform or books from a particular shop, subjecting students to mental harassment or physical punishment, or issuing misleading advertisements that make false claims.

The bill requires establishment of a grievance redressal authority that will be set up by the state government.

The CABE is also expected to consider extension of the Right to Education Act. The meeting will also try to find ways to extend the ambit of Right To Education Act to pre-primary and secondary schools and devise a National Higher Education Qualification framework to usher in national and global compatibility of the qualification system.

However, CABE sub-committees on scaling up the RTE coverage to pre-primary and secondary level have said more consultations are required before any major expansion of the programme.

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