Legislate the Verdict of Allahabad High Court
The Issue
To
The Prime Minister,
Republic of India
Subject: - Legislate the verdict of Allahabad High Court
Honourable High Court of Allahabad has delivered a historic verdict (WRIT - A No. - 57476 of 2013, State of UP and 3 others vs. Shiv Kumar Pathak and others). According to this ruling, it would be mandatory for all Government officers, Government employees, people's representatives at all levels, lawyers and judges to ensure that the primary education of their wards is carried out solely in the schools, run by the Government. Moreover, if this order is not executed within two months, the violators may face a bar in their promotional ladder. This verdict has been chalanged in Supreme Court by UP Government and the case is presently under discretion of the Hon'ble Surpreme court.
The assurance of free and compulsory education to children, as enshrined in the constitution, was kept confined within the ambit of the 'directive principles' and could hardly be realised in practice. Later due to the pressure from a number of peoples’ movements, Government had to implement include the 'right to education' as a fundamental right only in the year 2010. However, while doing so, it has shredded its responsibility in spreading education. The demand for a guarantee of job after completing the education has been totally ignored, though the connectivity between education and job was emphasized, as early as in 1966, by the Kothari Commission. The commission report also presented the importance of governmental efforts in spreading education, the importance of the teaching community, the importance of freedom in scientific research and the importance of building up socialist and secular mindset for future citizens through educational curriculum of the Government. The Commission emphasised that the Government must spend adequately to bring up socialist, secular and productive citizens ensuring that every student goes through the curriculum, as decided by the Government. Commission further proposed that at least 6% of the total budget should be allocated for education. All these proposals have long been sent to the cold storage.
On the contrary, throughout the country, there is a conspiracy to destroy the control of the Government on education. Schools, run by corporations or municipalities, are being systematically discontinued. In order to deprive the Government Schools of good and qualified teachers, enforcement of recruitment through School Service Commission has not been enacted in any state other than West Bengal. Even in that state, today the rules are being slackened continuously, so that the good teachers are forced to join only in non-government private schools. In this backdrop, the verdict of the Honourable Allahabad High Court can be termed as historic. Being armed with this directive, people may now fight against the slogan “the more you spend, the more you get education”. The verdict has come in an appropriate time, because in the coming December, WTO and Indian Central Government is contemplating to convert higher education into a commodity in our country.
In this backdrop, we demand:-
The verdict of Honourable High Court of Allahabad should be made a legislation by extending its jurisdiction from primary to higher education
Higher education cannot be converted as a commodity of WTO in the ensuing conference at Nairobi
Guarantee for jobs after completion of a course should be accepted as a fundamental right.
Reservation rights should be maintained in both the fields of education and jobs.
Petition launched by,
Arijit Chatterjee (Convenor, SYSS) email:- syss.bharat@gmail.com
Rabindra Pankaj, email :- ravindrapankaj@gmail.com
Atanu Kumar, email :- atanukum@gmail.com
For more details on this issue please look at : http://www.allahabadverdict.blogspot.in/
The Issue
To
The Prime Minister,
Republic of India
Subject: - Legislate the verdict of Allahabad High Court
Honourable High Court of Allahabad has delivered a historic verdict (WRIT - A No. - 57476 of 2013, State of UP and 3 others vs. Shiv Kumar Pathak and others). According to this ruling, it would be mandatory for all Government officers, Government employees, people's representatives at all levels, lawyers and judges to ensure that the primary education of their wards is carried out solely in the schools, run by the Government. Moreover, if this order is not executed within two months, the violators may face a bar in their promotional ladder. This verdict has been chalanged in Supreme Court by UP Government and the case is presently under discretion of the Hon'ble Surpreme court.
The assurance of free and compulsory education to children, as enshrined in the constitution, was kept confined within the ambit of the 'directive principles' and could hardly be realised in practice. Later due to the pressure from a number of peoples’ movements, Government had to implement include the 'right to education' as a fundamental right only in the year 2010. However, while doing so, it has shredded its responsibility in spreading education. The demand for a guarantee of job after completing the education has been totally ignored, though the connectivity between education and job was emphasized, as early as in 1966, by the Kothari Commission. The commission report also presented the importance of governmental efforts in spreading education, the importance of the teaching community, the importance of freedom in scientific research and the importance of building up socialist and secular mindset for future citizens through educational curriculum of the Government. The Commission emphasised that the Government must spend adequately to bring up socialist, secular and productive citizens ensuring that every student goes through the curriculum, as decided by the Government. Commission further proposed that at least 6% of the total budget should be allocated for education. All these proposals have long been sent to the cold storage.
On the contrary, throughout the country, there is a conspiracy to destroy the control of the Government on education. Schools, run by corporations or municipalities, are being systematically discontinued. In order to deprive the Government Schools of good and qualified teachers, enforcement of recruitment through School Service Commission has not been enacted in any state other than West Bengal. Even in that state, today the rules are being slackened continuously, so that the good teachers are forced to join only in non-government private schools. In this backdrop, the verdict of the Honourable Allahabad High Court can be termed as historic. Being armed with this directive, people may now fight against the slogan “the more you spend, the more you get education”. The verdict has come in an appropriate time, because in the coming December, WTO and Indian Central Government is contemplating to convert higher education into a commodity in our country.
In this backdrop, we demand:-
The verdict of Honourable High Court of Allahabad should be made a legislation by extending its jurisdiction from primary to higher education
Higher education cannot be converted as a commodity of WTO in the ensuing conference at Nairobi
Guarantee for jobs after completion of a course should be accepted as a fundamental right.
Reservation rights should be maintained in both the fields of education and jobs.
Petition launched by,
Arijit Chatterjee (Convenor, SYSS) email:- syss.bharat@gmail.com
Rabindra Pankaj, email :- ravindrapankaj@gmail.com
Atanu Kumar, email :- atanukum@gmail.com
For more details on this issue please look at : http://www.allahabadverdict.blogspot.in/
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Petition created on 1 December 2015