The article “An education act with more wrongs than rights” (July 27) has analysed well the many defects in the Right to Education Act. Although the quality of teaching remains a cause for concern, the infrastructure in government schools also leaves much to be desired. We yearn to see village schools with proper roofing, not-so-shaky benches and usable toilets. But the most disturbing question is: what will happen to students from disadvantaged backgrounds after they complete their primary education in elite schools? If they are pushed into schools of questionable standards for higher education, the RTE initiative will lose its meaning.
T. Padma,Chennai
Policymakers should know the ground reality. Instead of closing down unrecognised schools, the government should monitor them and provide them with the basic amenities to make them function.
H. Abdul Hafiz,Chennai
