SHILLONG: The parents of school-going children under the banner of All Meghalaya School Parents’ Association said the action of the Health Department to withhold the annual examination result is violation of Right to Education (RTE) Act.
In a statement issued here, the association said, “It is understood that as per the RTE Act anyone who denies the promotion of the student is in violation of the Act and is liable for punishment.”
The association asserted that responsibility lied with the government to initiate strict action against the officer who violates the Act by threatening a student to withhold his promotion for failure of the government department.
“This portrays that we are not living in a democracy but rather a dictatorship wherein the failure of the Health Department in ensuring proper information and education to the parents was not provided properly hence the low coverage during MRV campiagn. It is not understood how the failure of one department of the government can supersede the Right to Education Act,” the association said.
