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11 NHRC issues notice to Bihar Govt. on acute shortage of schools in state Jun 19, 1:50 pm New Delhi, June 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission ( NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that there are acute shortage of middle-level schools in Bihar and the children have to walk miles even for primary education. Quoting a Government survey, it says that there are still 896 inhabited locations wherein elementary education is not available within one kilometer. About 2974 inhabited locations do not have middle schools within three kilometers. There are still 2100 locations which are deprived of education facilities even after more than 65 years of independence. The commission has observed that the contents of press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of right to education of children. It has issued a notice to the Government of Bihar, through its Chief Secretary, calling for a report within four weeks about the steps taken by the state administration to fulfill the shortage of schools in the state. He has also been asked to inform about the timeframe in which the entitlements as per the Right to Education Act will be fulfilled. The commission has also sought status of availability of primary school teachers in the state. (ANI)

12 NHRC notice to Bihar over shortage of schools New Delhi, June 19 (IANS): Taking suo motu cognizance of a media report that there was an acute shortage of elementary and middle-level schools in Bihar, the National Human Rights Commission Thursday sent notice to the state government. The NHRC also sought a report within four weeks about the steps taken by the state to overcome the shortage of schools in the state. "There is acute shortage of middle-level schools in Bihar and the children have to walk miles even for primary education," the NHRC said in a statement, citing a media report. "There are still 896 inhabited locations in the state wherein elementary education is not available within one kilometre of their home - 2,974 inhabited locations do not have middle schools within three kilometres." "There are still 2,100 locations which are deprived of education facilities even after more than 65 years of Independence," the statement said. The NHRC said the report, if true, raises a serious issue of violation of children's Right to Education and, therefore, it has issued notice to the Bihar government, seeking a report within four weeks about the steps taken by the state. "The (Bihar) chief secretary has been asked to inform about the time frame in which the entitlements as per the Right to Education Act will be fulfilled," the NHRC statement said. The commission has also sought status of the availability of primary school teachers in the state.

13 NHRC issues notice to Bihar government over shortage of schools Thursday, 19 June :00pm IST Place: Patna Agency: PTI The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued a government over alleged acute shortage of schools in the state. notice to Bihar The NHRC has issued notice to the Government of Bihar, through its Chief Secretary, calling for a report within four weeks about the steps taken by the state administration to fulfill the shortage of schools in the state, According to an NHRC statement released on Thursday. He has also been asked to inform about the time-frame in which the entitlements as per the Right to Education Act will be fulfilled. The Commission has also sought statuss of availability of Primary School teachers in the state, the statement said. The notice was issued after the Commission took suo motu cognisance of a media report that there was acute shortage of middle-level schools in Bihar and the children have to walk miles for primary education. Quoting a Government survey, the report says that there were still 896 inhabited locations where elementary education was not available within a kilometre. 2,974 inhabited locations do not have middle schools within three kilometres. There were still 2,100 locations which were deprived of education facilities even after more than 65 years of independence. The Commission has observed that the contents of press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of Right to Education of children.