The Right to Education (RTE) Act has laid down norms and standards for schools to ensure inclusive and quality education for all children of India. Unfortunately, many schools, especially in the hinterlands of India flaunt these rules because the authorities seldom bother to check whether the school is complying to the RTE regulations.

The Right to Education (RTE) Act has laid down norms and standards for schools to ensure inclusive and quality education for all children of India. All the elementary schools have to comply to these rules. Unfortunately, many schools, especially in the hinterlands of India flaunt these rules because the authorities seldom bother to check whether the school is complying to the RTE regulations.

However, local communities are waking up to their children’s rights and demanding that the RTE rules be implemented. Video Volunteers correspondent Satya Banchhor brings us one such story from the Bolangir district of Odisha.

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