{"id":10455,"date":"2011-05-06T15:59:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T10:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=10455"},"modified":"2011-05-06T15:59:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T10:29:20","slug":"need-better-education-facilities-for-girls-balakrishnan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/need-better-education-facilities-for-girls-balakrishnan","title":{"rendered":"Need better education facilities for girls: Balakrishnan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Right-to-Education-RTE.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10456\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/need-better-education-facilities-for-girls-balakrishnan\/right-to-education-rte\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/Right-to-Education-RTE.jpg?fit=185%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"185,173\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RTE\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/Right-to-Education-RTE.jpg?fit=150%2C140&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/Right-to-Education-RTE.jpg?fit=185%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10456\" title=\"RTE\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Right-to-Education-RTE.jpg?resize=185%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/Right-to-Education-RTE.jpg?w=185&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/Right-to-Education-RTE.jpg?resize=150%2C140&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a>Emphasizing the importance of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson K.G. Balakrishnan on Thursday said there is a need for better education facilities for the girl child.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the valedictory session of a three-day training programme of principals and education officers of Kendriya Vidyalya Sangathan on human rights, Balakrishnan said, &#8220;Teachers can be instrumental in spreading a culture of human rights in the country by inculcating values in their students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is need for better education facilities for girl child,&#8221; a statement released here quoted the former chief justice of India as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The programme is jointly organized by the commission and the Kendriya Vidyalya Sangathan in Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the training programme will deal with issues concerning human rights like the rights of persons with disability, child rights, Right to Education Act, manual scavenging, women&#8217;s rights, environment issues and rights of elderly persons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emphasizing the importance of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson K.G. 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Steps should be taken to increase the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9018,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/apex-court-seeks-status-report-on-k-g-balakrishnan","url_meta":{"origin":10455,"position":3},"title":"Apex court seeks status report on K.G. Balakrishnan","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"February 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court Friday asked Attorney General G. Vahanvati to submit the status report on the home ministry's investigation into a complaint alleging former chief justice K.G. Balakrishnan possessed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. 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