Myrtle Said:

Is the Right to Education act already known to people in general?

We Answered:

Through the following means:
01. Advertisement in TV and Radio; also newspapers. Hoarding billboards etc
02. Every Municipality/County Peoples' Representatives should hold meeting with people of all walks of life and tell about it.
03. All school/college/universities should be given leaflets to be distributed amongst students.
04. Government departments (officials) should circulate the news within their respective jurisdictions.
05. Political will + Civil servants desire + heads of academic institutions from primary to university levels + heads of all religious institutions (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues etc ) have to work unitedly to SPREAD the message.

Claude Said:

What is the status of the America's Affordable Health Choices Act right now?

We Answered:

There are a few bills in congressional committees.

Jerry Said:

Will the Right to Education check child labour?

We Answered:

These are two different laws. Child labor act 1986 prohibits child labor in India, however the local governments and administrations do not act upon. That is the biggest problem. There are laws in place for everything, but the law enforcement agencies do not act.

http://www.indianchild.com/child_labour_…

Right to Education is a revolutionary decision, I personally appreciate it. There are very few nations in the world that have this type of rights and now India is one among that. We must also have a similar law for "Right to Health and treatment" also.

Connie Said:

What Part of the Human Rights Act do you have problem with?

We Answered:

There is nothing contentious in the Act, however all the Act does is enshrine the European Convention on Human Rights into English law, the purpose being to prevent the need for people to take the UK to the European Court of Human Rights, by making sure our law complies with the Convention anyway.

The Tories say they plan to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998, but we would still be a signatory to the Convention (since 1950), and so effectively this will still be part of our law.

btw, the Convention of Human Rights is NOTHING to do with the EU, and we signed it (indeed we drafted it) almost 25 years BEFORE we joined the EU/EEC. The Convention is the work of the Council of Europe, an institution which is NOT connected with the EU. Many countries are members of the council, without being a member of the EU.

It should also not be confused with the UN document, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Also, no claimant can take a signatory nation to the European Court of Human Rights until all legal options in that country have been exhausted. To the UK this means that a claimant must go all the way to Supreme Court, or previously the House of Lords, to seek a ruling which complies with the Conventions, before he can ask the ECHR for a decision. A decision from the ECHR means that the member state must change its national law to comply with the ruling, and the ruling applies to all members.

Julio Said:

what do u think about nationalising the education sysytem of our country? is it right to act?

We Answered:

In my point of view nationalizing is need , we are lagging in most engineering n medical updates, i bealive v ll b in top ,if our education system is improved, v need more research facilities 2 empower our minds, financial aids too very easy if v nationalize our education system, thus nationalizing is must with care on rural students

Pearl Said:

Is emphasis on civil rights and lowering standards of education a problem?

We Answered:

I would tend to agree that our "touchy-feely" way of doing things during the last 20-30 years has GREATLY reduced our standards. Not just of education, but of everything else. Most schools will recognize students who try hard, but just are not very smart, before students who are smart and don't have to try harder. I remember when I was in school 15 years ago, I went to school (elementary through high school) with someone who now plays in the NBA. In elementary, he struggled, but as soon as he was on the basketball team in junior high, he was on the honor roll. He also graduated and got a full ride scholarship to a very good school, all while he could BARELY read and write his own name. Sure this is an extreme, but it is a perfect example of how our society looks at our children and our future.