Regulation of educational institutes: SC issues notice to school education secretary on contempt plea
The bench sought a reply within four weeks after a contempt plea said the ministry failed to act on a request to monitor institutions for children under 14.
- On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued a notice to School Education Secretary T.K. Anil Kumar seeking his response to a contempt plea regarding regulation of institutions providing education to children aged below 14.
- Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay filed the contempt petition after visiting districts along the Uttar Pradesh border, where he alleges numerous unregistered institutions operate without effective regulatory oversight or mechanisms.
- The petitioner argues for mandatory registration of all educational centers in the spirit of Article 21A, Article 39, Article 45, and Article 51-A, claiming Article 30 grants no additional rights beyond Article 19.
- A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu granted the School Education Secretary four weeks to file a reply, following the court's prior directive for the petitioner to approach the Union.
- Upadhyay alleges that children are gullible and naive, characterizing the lack of institutional monitoring as a national security issue where unregistered schools could manipulate young students without State intervention.
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Education Secretary gets Supreme Court notice over under-14 education regulation
The Supreme Court has sought a response from Education Secretary T K Anil Kumar on a contempt plea alleging non-compliance with an earlier order. The case will test whether the court's May 11 direction on regulating institutions teaching children below 14 was followed.
This legal proceeding stems from a contempt of court petition filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who sought a clear framework for mandatory registration and monitoring of all institutions providing religious or secular education to children under the age of 14.
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Union Education Secretary to respond to a petition seeking the regularization of all institutions providing religious education to children.
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