Poor RTE implementation

SHILLONG: The Rs 908.46-crore fund allocated to the State for implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, was not utilised efficiently as the Centre did not release the money owing to the State’s under-utilisation of funds.
As per the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) tabled on the last day of the Assembly on Friday, the provision for reserving 25 per cent of the seats in unaided schools for poor children was not implemented.
Further, it stated that Rs 483.88 crore was not utilised in civil works for three to six years.
The report added that the State had, till the end of March 2016, not fully achieved the desired objective considering that the State already had a high enrolment of 96 per cent during the year 2011-12. “The failure to universalise the elementary education indicated lacklustre performance of the department in implementing the Right to Education Act, 2009,” it stated.