'Hold fairs to get poor kids enrolled in schools'

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For ensuring proper implementation of Right to Education (RTE), District Collector OP Choudhary has directed officials to organise admission fairs in various development blocks of the district from March 24.

The objective of holding admission fairs is to fill up 25 percent seats provisioned for children of economically weaker sections in private schools under RTE . Choudhary asked officials to display the availability of seats in every private school on banners and posters during the fair so that students and their parents may have easy access to the information.

He also directed the District Education Officer (DEO) to carry out wide publicity of the admission fair.   DEO, RN Hiradhar informed that on March 24 fair would be held in Government Boy’s Higher Secondary School (HSS) Balod and RK Singh HSS Akaltara.

On March 25, the fairs would be held in Pamgarh Government HSS Mahamaya and Governement HSS Navagarh. On March 26, the fair has been scheduled at Jaijaipur Govt HSS and lal Bahadur Shashtri School Bamnhidih; on March 27 at Government HSS Malkharouda and Shrijan HSS Dabhra.

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