LAWS(PAT)-2022-3-4

BIHAR OFFSET PRINTERS ASSOCIATION Vs. UNION OF INDIA

Decided On March 25, 2022
Bihar Offset Printers Association Appellant
V/S
UNION OF INDIA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Following issues arise for consideration before this Court in this lis:

(2.) Highlighting the need for providing nutritious food and digitizing the process of education, vis-a-vis the children in Bihar, during the time of current Pandemic Covid-19, this Court vide judgment dtd. 18/9/2020 in CWJC No.7124 of 2020, titled as Court on its own motion on the basis of news item titled "School Shut, No Mid-Day Meal, Children In Bihar Village Back To Work Selling Scrap" versus The State of Bihar and Ors. had, inter alia, issued the following directions:-

(3.) The Ministry of Education (Department of School Education and Literacy) Government of India launched the Integrated Scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha in 2018 by subsuming the erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA); Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA); and Teacher Education (TE). The Scheme treats school education as a continuum with the Sustainable Development Goal for Education (SDG-4). The Scheme provides support for the implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as RTE Act) and is also aligned with the recommendations of National Education Policy, 2020 (hereinafter referred to NEP). The object is to ensure that all children have access to quality education with an equitable and inclusive classroom environment, taking care of their diverse background, multilingual needs, different academic abilities and making them active participants in the learning process.