The Odisha Abhibhabak Mahasangh on Thursday alleged that despite provisions, private schools in Bhubaneswar are bluntly refusing admission to students of the economically weaker sections.
The Mahasangh has drawn the attention of the School and Mass Education Department and the concerned Directorate regarding the matter.
The guardians also staged a demonstration near the Block Education Office here.
The guardians pointed out that under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, privately-managed schools are required to reserve 25 per cent of seats for children belonging to the ‘weaker sections and the disadvantaged group’.
While 15 per cent of seats are required to be reserved for the disadvantaged, the rest 10 per cent is for children belonging to the weaker sections of society, they pointed out.
They also said that it is mandatory for private primary and high schools to provide free and compulsory education to all children in the aforesaid sections as it is their fundamental right
