Kurup, Anitha
(2014)
The gifted child’s
right to education.
Learning Curve (23).
pp. 6-8.
Abstract
India’s commitment to provide free and compulsory
elementary education was demonstrated after the
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education
Act ( RTE Act 2009) was enacted. Today, every child is
entitled to quality education at the elementary
school level. With the growing recognition that no
two individuals are the same, the formal schooling
system in India has to gear towards meeting the
needs of children who come from diverse
backgrounds. By the RTE Act, 2009, the schooling
system in India is compelled to embrace inclusive
education as a philosophy and approach and
demonstrate the same through practice. Inclusive
education encompasses gender, scheduled castes
and tribes, religious minority, physical and learning
disability, and the gifted and talented.
Including all children up to 14 years in the formal
education system in India is an uphill task. In the
crisis of serious resource crunch, it may appear hard
to argue for resources for a gifted education
programme. Conceding equal educational
opportunities for all is important. Advocates of
gifted education argue that these provisions are not
adequate to meet the needs of the gifted children.
Therefore it is imperative that the state not absolve
its responsibility of catering to the needs of the
gifted children as this will hurt the gifted children of
the poor the most.
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