 bill no 175 of  2017 the  right of children to free and compulsory education (amendment) bill,  2017 by shrimati poonam mahajan, mp a billfurther to amend the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009be  it enacted by the parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the right of children to free and compulsory education(amendment) act, 201735 of 2009amendment of section 212 in section 21 of the right of children to free and compulsory education act,2009,—"(a) in sub-section (1), for the third proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:—"provided also that two-thirds of members of such committee shall be women";5(b) in sub-section (2), after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—10"(ca) undertake measures including assessing performance of the teachers and taking suitable action to ensure imparting of good quality education conforming to the standards and norms specified in the schedule" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe school management committee is a critical accountability structure in the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009 however, this committee currently lacks sufficient ability to hold schools and especially teachers, accountable for the full and proper education of children the need is to provide sufficient representation to women particularly to mothers of students in these committees and to incentivise parents to enroll their wards in government schools with a view to perform their assigned role more efficiently in managing these schoolsin its current structure, the school management committee does not have the power or authority to ensure accountability of teachers parents are up against teachers, and their powerful unions, and their only hope is very weak school management committee structures that are supposed to hold these teachers accountable moreover, with only the poorest of the poor sending their children to government schools and teachers enjoying the benefits of seventh pay commission, the parents most often find themselves at disadvantageous position in keeping teachers accountable therefore, parents have hardly any voice to play their due role in compelling these schools to impart quality educationthe incentives designed by the government for the parents who are sending their children to these schools are not meeting the designed objectives of the principal act very limited access to what is taught in the classroom, absence of english as medium of instruction, inability to track assessments and their child's progress, lack of co-scholastic activities, further dis-incentivises parents to engage with the government school systemmothers, especially those who have been deprived of proper educational attainment, dedicated towards educational upliftment of their children can play a very positive role towards ensuring imparting of quality education their active participation in the school management committee will ensure accountability of schools as well as to air their genuine concerns regarding academic progress of the students and their overall welfare in a proper mannerhence this billnew delhi;poonam  mahajanjuly 5, 2017 annexure extract from the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009 (35 of 2009)    school management committee21 (1) a school, other than a school specified in sub-clause (iv) of clause (n) of section 2, shall constitute a school management committee consisting of the elected representatives of the local authority, parents or guardians of children admitted in such schools and teachers:provided that at least three-fourth of members of such committee shall be parents or guardians:provided further that proportionate representation shall be given to the parents or guardians of children belonging to disadvantaged group and weaker section:provided also that fifty per cent of members of such committee shall be women (2) the school management committee shall perform the following functions, namely:—(a) monitor the working of the school; (b) prepare and recommend school development plan; (c) monitor the utilisation of the grants received from the appropriate government or local authority or any other source; and     ———— a billfurther to amend the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009————(shrimati poonam mahajan, mp)gmgipmrnd—2106ls(s3)—13-10-2017