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Patna,(BiharTimes): Children in the age group of six to 14 years will be imparted free and compulsory education in Bihar following the state cabinet’s approval of the Rules of the the Right to Education Act (RTE).
According to the Principal Secretary (Cabinet Coordination and Secretariat) Ravikant under the Rules, all private schools in the state will be bound to reserve 25 per cent seats for the children from poor socio-economic background for which such schools will get assistance from the state government. |
The cabinet on Tuesday also approved guidelines for the implementation of the Right to Service Bill in Bihar, including the appellate authorities for public grievances arising out of the delay in non-disposal of their applications for a particular work.
A time-frame of the concerned officials have been fixed in disposing the application for work by the people.
Ravikant added that the state government also decided to extend the services under the Right to Service from the present 10 to 20 departments.
Besides, the state government approved a grant of Rs 536.29 crores for payment of salaries to 57,109 contractual teachers.
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