Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Sept 18: A workshop on the formulation of rules and regulations concerning the long-awaited implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009 organised by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Jammu and Kashmir, concluded at the auditorium of the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE), here today.
The workshop was initially designed to go on for three days but the experts later thought of extending it by another day.
Former Director School Education Kashmir, Mohammad Rafi, Principal Degree College, Pampore, Prof Seema Naz, Assistant Director Academics Dr Arif Jan, Principal DIET Beerwah, Mushtaq Ahmad Qadri, Principal DIET Kupwara Javed Iqbal, Principal DIET Kulgam, M Y Bhat, Senior Law Officer, Directorate of School Education Kashmir, Rifat Qadri, Co-ordinator Samagra Shiksha, Syed Fayaz were among a galaxy of experts who took part in the workshop.
According to the Director SCERT, Prof Veena Pandita, the workshop was conducted after the School Education Department entrusted the responsibility of holding a consultative meet of the experts to deliberate on the various provisions of the (RTE) Act 2009 so that rules and regulations could be formulated to facilitate the successful implementation of the Act in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.
Pertinently, the (RTE) Act, 2009 has been extended to the UT of J&K under the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019. The Act focuses on compulsory and free education for all children up to the age of 14.
“The recommendation and the suggestion would be compiled and shaped into a document,” the coordinator of the workshop, G H Reshi, said. “It’ll take another few days to tweak the draft and present it before the authorities.”
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