Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.A.LL.B - B.A.LL.B. (Honours) SAL1751 Law on Education Syllabus
 

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.A.LL.B - B.A.LL.B. (Honours) SAL1751 Law on Education Syllabus

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology School of Law

SAL1751 LAW ON EDUCATION
L T P Credit Total Marks
4 1 0 4 100

UNIT – 1 DEVELOPMENT OF RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN INDIA 15Hrs.
National Policy on Education, 1986 – Constitutional Principles: DPSP – The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment)
Act, 2002, – Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, Recent Amendments.

UNIT – 2 RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN WOMEN AND TRIBAL EDUCATION IN INDIA 18 Hrs.
UGC policy and Programmes on Women’s Education – Legislations on Women Education – Role of Judiciary in
Protection and Promotion of Women’s Education – Education Among Rural Girls in India – MHRD and Women’s Education –
Recognition of Scheduled Tribes – Article 15 (4), 29, 46 of Indian Constitution.

UNIT 3 – PRIVATISATION OF EDUCATION 18Hrs.
Privatization – Causes and Consequences – Shifting Education from State List to Concurrent List, 1976 –
Privatization of Professional Education – Cases against Privatization – The Ramamurti Committee (1990) – Accessibility and
Accountability in Education – Impact of Privatisation on Globalization -Privatization and Law – Recent Amendments

UNIT 4 – PROFESSIONAL BODIES FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 17Hrs.
Role of University Grants Commission – Other Professional Bodies -Problem of Co-ordination -Role Performed by
Different Commissions and Committees: Law Commission of India – Kothari Commission – Yashpal committee – Hurtog
committee – National Knowledge Commission.

UNIT – 5 INTERNATIONAL LAW AND RIGHT TO EDUCATION 17Hrs.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:
Convention against Discrimination in Education, 1960 – International Bill of Rights and Right to Education- Regional Legal
Instruments- Role of UNO’s Specialized Agencies: The UNESCO convention against discrimination in Education- The
convention on the Rights of the Child.
Max.85Hrs.

COURSE OUTCOME:
On completion of the course the Student will be able to
CO1: A brief outlook on Constitutional amendments regarding Education with special reference to women will help Student in
further research.
CO2: Enhances student’s idea over regulation and schemes with relevant to Education.
CO3: Helps Student to have a global perspective of legislations on Education.
CO4: This Course will open new avenues of research regarding privatization of Education.
CO5: Various Commissions and corresponding Amendments will give a detailed interpretation of law in depth.
CO6: This Course will equip the Student with the required Professional Skills

TEXT/REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Weiner, Myron (1991). The Child and the State in India; Child Labour and Education Policy in Comparative
Perspective. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
2. Beiter, Klaus Dieter (2005). The Protection of the Right to Education by International Law, Martinus Nijhoff
Publishers.
3. S. Gupta, Education in Emerging India, 2nd Ed. (2008), Shipra Publications, Delhi, p.1.
4. Catharine MacKinnon, Feminism Unmodified, Harvard University Press, 1982.
5. lavia Agnes, Sudhir Chandra, et.al. (eds.) Women & law in India (Oxford University Press, 2004, New Delhi).

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks:100 Exam Duration: 3 Hrs.
PART A: 6 Questions to be answered out of 8 questions and each question carries 5 Marks 30 Marks
PART B: 4 questions to be answered out of 8 questions (Internal Choice) and each question carries 10 Marks 40 Marks
PART C: 2 Questions/Problems to be answered out of 4 questions/problems and each carries 15 marks 30 Marks