right to education

The right to education bill is passed and the government is elated. So is Indian media. Nobody cares as to how hollow the bill is when actual implementation is concerned. Another flopshow of Government is Sarba Sikhsha Abhijan initiative, which is supposed to provide education for all but in the end provides good money for corrupt bureaucrats and panchayat leaders. One CAG report showed sometimes back how money for this scheme from British Government was diverted by officials at district level to buy luxury cars, beds etc, while schools are ill equipped and children do not have quality education. Children from poorer section often do not have any money to buy books and only few schools provide free books and other accessories to them. Thus they end up in search for work.I happened to meet one of these kids who was a school dropout because of poverty, and came to Hyderabad from Bidar, which is about 130 km away, in search of work. When asked why is he not studying, he replied that he had no money to buy books, his father and mother are both daily laborers and often struggle for their livelihood. Education for him means buying books for class seven which he can ill afford.Therefore he needs help. He is not alone in his plights and there are perhaps millions like him. The school dropout rate is alarming, they simply do not have access to quality education. Indian middle class is caught in its own whirlpool of selfishness and consumerism ignoring the fact that a large section of the countrymen is crying for help. Why blame Government and media alone?