10 million children now to get schooling - hooray

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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/04/2010419346263100.html


India unveils education scheme


The Indian prime minister has launched a programme to extend schooling to about 10 million children who are outside the education system.

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"The fundamental right to education, as incorporated in our constitution, becomes operative from today. This demonstrates our commitment to the education of our children and to the future of India," Singh said.

Unicef, Unesco and the International Labour Organisation have welcomed the act, saying it would help the world achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education.

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The Right to Education Act, passed by the Indian parliament in August 2009, promises to ensure free and compulsory education for children between the ages of 6 and 14 years old.

Under the act, schools will have at least one trained teacher per 30 students.

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The lack of quality education is one of the 10 factors holding India back from rapid economic growth that can push the nearly 300 million poor out of poverty, Goldman Sachs, the financial consultancy firm, says in a report.

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what the hell does Goldman Sachs have to do with Indian children?

[Newest Reality]

1. Goldman Sachs has a lot more to do with a lot more

than you might think.

Google them up and see how godlike the company is and has been. The tentacles and influence are amazing ... well, at least to me.

I call 'em real, down in teh town playaz.

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2. some of their tentacles need to be chopped off.

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