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Plea to adopt Right to Education Bill

NEW DELHI: ‘Wada Na Todo Abhiyan,’ a network of over 3,000 organisations from across the country, on Saturday impressed upon the government to adopt the Right to Education Bill in the ongoing session of Parliament.

A delegation of ‘Wada Na Todo’ that met Union Human Resource Minister Arjun Singh here said the Central government should guarantee the fundamental right to free and compulsory education up to 18 years of age. A memorandum submitted to the Minister said the quality of education across schools should be standardised.

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