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Consumer-rights as part of University syllabus: RTI should also be included but both at school-level

Kashmir Times. Dated: 2/19/2018 9:38:39 PM

Dear Editor,
It refers to welcome decision to include Consumer-rights as part of graduate-level University syllabus from coming academic session. Rather such course should be a consolidated one to also include chapters on Right-To-Information (RTI) Act to make young graduates fully aware of their rights for day-to-day need. Such inclusion of RTI Act in the syllabus will also be beneficial for new generation of officers to properly handle RTI applications. Only recently several Central Information Commissioners in their verdicts have lashed out on Information Officers for their complete lack of knowledge in handling RTI applications, further recommending public-authorities to hold training-workshops for their officers.
Better is to start such courses in a single compulsory subject at secondary-level school education in self-interest of students in their lives. Similar course at graduation-level can also include some basic legal knowledge about some other commonly used Acts apart from advanced study on consumer-rights and RTI Act.
MADHU AGRAWAL
1775 Kucha Lattushah
Dariba, Chandni Chowk
DELHI 110006 (India)