One Nation One Education Board: SC Defers Hearing On PIL After Centre Says Similar Plea Dismissed Earlier

Bench has now summoned the records of the "identical dismissed PIL" and fixed hearing for next FridayThe Supreme Court today deferred the hearing on a PIL seeking a direction to introduce 'One nation One Education Board' instead of present multi-board system and a value-based education system to verify the claim of the Centre that an identical PIL on same issue was earlier dismissed by the. Bench has now summoned the records of the "identical dismissed PIL" and fixed hearing for next Friday The Supreme Court today deferred the hearing on a PIL seeking a direction to introduce 'One nation One Education Board' instead of present multi-board system and a value-based education system to verify the claim of the Centre that an identical PIL on same issue was earlier dismissed by the apex court. In December 2017, a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar dismissed the writ petition filed by Ghaziabad primary school teacher Neeta Upadhyay praying for a common syllabus and curriculum for all children between the age of 6 and 14 years. It was submitted on behalf of the petitioner, represented by senior counsel Sajan Poovayya, that the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act of 2005, enacted with a view to give effect to the provision of compulsory education up till the age of 14 years under Article 21 A of the Constitution, envisages a common syllabus and a common curriculum to ensure equality of opportunity to all for the purpose of Article 16 and the Preamble, and to enable every child to be placed on a level playing field for the challenges of the future.