UT (Administration) Chandigarh, on Thursday constituted a State Advisory Council. The council has been constituted to implement the Right to Children to Free & Compulsory Education Act.2009.
The advisory council was formed after a letter had been sent by the HRD Ministry urging the state administration to effectively implement the same.
The state advisory council which was constituted last Thursday will comprise of 15 members viz :
UT administrator, the education secretary, the director higher education, the chairperson of the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights, the director of school education & Principal, St. John’s School among other members.
The said council will work for two years from the date of notification.