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[Polity] Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Schools

Bill 2012 and Central Advisory Board of Education
(CABE): Features, functions
Posted By Mrunal On 12/11/2012 @ 10:08 am In polity | 31 Comments

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What is CABE?
Objectives of the bill?
Unfair Practices Prohibited under the Bill
Punishment
Anti-argument
Mock Questions

What is CABE?
Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), is the highest advisory
body to advise the Union and State Governments in the field of
education. Particularly for the matters related to
1. Review of the National Policy on Education, in the light of the
significant socio-economic and socio-cultural developments taking
place in the country.
2. Girls Education and the Common School System
3. Universalization of Secondary Education
4. Integrating Culture Education in the School Curriculum
5. Regulatory Mechanism for the Text Books and parallel text books
taught in schools outside the Government system
6. Autonomy and Financing of Higher and Technical Education.

Composition /Members
HRD minister= chairman
Ministers/officials of Union, State, UT- from relevant Departments
(Education, Science, Tribal, Social Justice etc)
6 MPs
Representatives from schools, academicians, NGOs etc.
Why in News?
Because CABE has come up with a Prohibition of Unfair Practices in
Schools Bill 2012

Objectives of the bill?

1. Put an end to the unfair practices prevalent in Indian schools.
2. Protect the interests of teachers and students.

Unfair Practices Prohibited under the Bill

Exploitation of Teachers
1. recruiting teachers without qualification
2. recruiting teachers on part-time basis.
3. giving teachers and other administrative staff lesser salary than
shown in the school records.
4. Exploitation of teachers through various other means (e.g. asking
them to teach in more than one school ran by the same
Management.)

Exploitation of parents
1. Demanding capitation fees/donation for admission.
2. Not giving the receipts of fees-payment.
3. Charging fees for information brochure, prospectus, admission form
or an admission test (Theyll have to provide all such information on
its website or notice board.)
4. forcing students to purchase books, uniforms and other stationery
from a particular shop.
5. Insisting for private coaching in the school or outside after the school
hours.
6. Providing false or misleading advertisement.

Exploitation of Students
1. Allowing students to appear for board exams, without conducting
classes.
2. Helping students to cheat during board exams.
3. withholding students to appear in any examination (e.g. for not paying
fees)
4. expelling a student due to poor academic performance.
5. Not showing answer sheets to parents/students.
6. discrimination of SC, ST, OBC, physically challenged students.
7. denying admission or expelling any student if he/she is reported to
have any serious diseases such as HIV/AIDS.
8. corporal punishment in class. (e.g. beating the students for not doing
homework.)
9. Any type of sexual harassment.

Punishment

The bill proposes to setup following authorities

1. State Education Tribunal
2. National Education Tribunal
Theyll receive the complaints and give punishments.
Courts cannot interfere/give stay-orders in ^their proceedings.
The burden of proof would be on the schools.
Punishment Upto
Fine
10 lakhs (will goto the consolidated fund of India)
Jail
3 years.

Anti-argument
We are against corporal punishment and instruct the teachers not to beat
students. But a teacher cannot be forced to undergo jail term for punishing
the students to follow the right path. (-Progressive Recognised Teachers
Union (PRTU))

Mock Questions
Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) is composed to oversee
the Right to education only.
2. Union Minister for Social Justice is the chairman of Central Advisory
Board of Education (CABE).

Descriptive (Mains)
1. Critically examine the need and feasibility for Universalization of
Secondary Education in India. (25 marks)
2. Write a note on the Salient features of Prohibition of Unfair Practices
in Schools Bill 2012. (15 marks)
3. Examine the need for Common School system in India (12 marks)
4. Recommendations of Justice J S Varma Commission on teacher
education. (10 marks)
5. List the steps/initiatives taken by Government to promote Girl
education in India? (10 marks)
6. Central Advisory Board of Education (5 marks)
Essay
A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.
Interview:
It is good to completely ban and criminalize corporal punishment of

children? What about that saying Spare the rod and spoil the child?

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