Objectives
Achieve 100% Literacy
To create conditions conducive to bring about 100% literacy amongst the Indian populace in general and in the age group of 5 years to 14 years in particular.
Dignity & Pay for Teachers
To make efforts to ensure dignity for proper and adequate pay and allowances to teaching staff so as to attract talented persons through unbiased mechanisms of selection.
Balanced Urban Development
To educate teachers in particular and parents in general on harmful effects of over-burdening children by imposing heavy syllabi and tasks beyond their capacity.
Recognition & Affiliation
To suggest and/or recommend the minimum requirements for recognition/affiliation of educational institutions to the appropriate bodies.
Merit-based Admission
To make efforts to uphold and implement the principle of merit for admission to educational institutions as against reservation of seats for donors, management, government, with the exception of reservation for backward classes and special concession for those who have shown recognised merit in sports, gymnastics, fine arts, oratory and such other skills.
Survey & Abolish Reservation Policy
To undertake survey, investigation, research, and action for ultimate total abolition of the reservation policy in a time-bound programme with cooperation of the beneficiaries and to review the educational, financial, and cultural advancement of the backward classes from 1950 onwards when the nation became a Republic and chart out the thrust areas of concerted action.
Review Minority Status Criteria
To make efforts for reviewing the criteria for granting minority status to educational institutions under Article 29 and 30 of the Constitution of India so as to bring it in line with the true meaning and interpretation of the Constitution.
Banning Admissions on basis of payment of donation
To make efforts at the level of Govt. of India and state governments for banning admissions on payment of admissions, capitation fee or other contribution and for enhancement of suitable legislation providing for cognizable offense under criminal Procedure code.
public awareness in the matters of financial irregularities, corrupt practices, malpractices and misappropriation of funds
To arouse public awareness in the matters of financial irregularities, corrupt practices, malpractices and misappropriation of funds in the field of education with a view to ensuring fairness in education.
Remove the disparties in facilities and amenities
To make efforts to remove the disparties in facilities and amenities between the rural municipal govt. institutions on one hand and the elite institutions with star facilities on the other hand.
Equal accountability
To make efforts for making educational institutions run by private managements/ voluntary organizations with and/or without government grants equally accountable to the public authorities
Adequate number of Tribunals
To make efforts for establishment of adequate number of Tribunals for different levels and disciplines so as to ensure speedy redressals of disputes between managements of educational institutions and their employees.
Prevent brain drain from country
To make efforts to prevent brain drain from country by imposing emigration levy or compulsory service etc. on the technical, medical and other skilled professionals.
Accountability, Reasonability & Transparency
To make the parents, teachers, students aware of the current laws/rules/court orders pertaining to the education. To bring about Accountability, Reasonability & Transparency in the field of Education.