A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra dismissed the appeal filed by the Association of Indian Schools (appellant) against the High Court decision.
Pertinently, the appeal prompted the CJI to dwell on the importance of inclusive education.
“Children from the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category must attend good schools. When the children studying in these schools interact with EWS students will understand what truly the country is else they will just live in fancy cocoons of fancy gadgets and cars”, he stated.
The CJI gave the examples of Sanskriti School at Chanakyapuri and the University of Delhi.
“I have personally seen Sanskriti school where children of slums and house help also come and that is also about adjustment in interaction and that is what life in India all about. See, we were put in a very good English school since my parents were from Marathi medium but when I came to Delhi I got holistic education. In Delhi University, we had students from the northeast and then we knew what problems ail them.”
The State providing education to marginalised is about quality and not just quantity, he underscored.
Source: Barandbench
