QUESTION 18
GS2
15 marks
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 remains inadequate in promoting an incentive-based system for children’s education without generating awareness about the importance of schooling. Analyse
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Analyse why incentives under the RTE Act are not enough without building awareness about the value of schooling.
AnalyseBreak it into parts, show how the parts connect, and judge which matter most.
Demand-wise check
- 1RTE incentives: free education, 25% EWS quota, mid-day meal, uniforms, no detention (until 2019 amendment)≈65 words
- 2Gaps: enrolment high but learning low, dropouts, parents' perception, child labour, girls' education≈65 words
- 3Role of awareness and community: SMCs, parental engagement≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
RTE provisionsOutcomes dataWhy incentives fall shortAwareness measuresConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Listing RTE provisions without analysing
- No learning outcome data
Draw this
- Gap diagram: enrolment vs learning
Value addition
- DataASER reports show many Class 5 children cannot read a Class 2 text.ASER Centre
- MechanismSchool Management Committees under Section 21 of the RTE Act involve parents in school governance.RTE Act, 2009
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 11 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 44 ↗Same syllabus reference
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