Chaired by the Education Minister, Mr R. C. Laloo, “the state advisory council is mandated to advise the State Government on issues pertaining to the smooth implementation of the RTE in the State,” a recent notification in this regard said.
The principals of leading schools and colleges in the State will be non-official members of the body.
Eight official members to the council include the executive chairman of the Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBoSE), officials from the law and social welfare department, besides the principal secretary of the education department, officials said.
Further, the State Government has also constituted a Right to Education Protection Authority (REPA) aimed at safeguarding the rights of children to free and compulsory education.
Mr Kerma Lyngdoh, former Pro Vice-Chancellor of North Eastern Hill University, heads the REPA and is assisted by Mr Carmo Noronha, director of Bethany Society, and Ms Farida Warjri, head lecturer, St Edmund’s social welfare department.
The REPA is also mandated to inquire into complaints with regards to the RTE in Meghalaya.
The implementation of the RTE is expected to begin from 2013 in Meghalaya after the Government re-drafted certain parts of the approved rules, which stakeholders in education had vehemently opposed.
The Committee on subordinate legislation tabled its report on the floor of the House recently with recommendations and suggestions to effectively implement the RTE Rules, 2011.
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