Right to Education Bill ignoring disabled, pass only after changes: disability activists

  • 02/08/2009

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)

The Right to Education Bill, likely to be passed by Lok Sabha on Monday, is at the centre of a new row with disability activists alleging that it deliberately excludes disabled children from its ambit, in effect denying some 30 million children their right to education. These activists, who are accusing Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal of prompting a U-turn in the UPA government