About 705 deprived children will get admitted in private English medium schools in this academic session (2018-19).
Taking stiff action against the arbitrariness of private schools Bokaro Deputy Commissioner MK Baranawal issued a directive to make it sure that poor and deprived children must get admission in this academic session according to the Right To Education – 2009 (RTE) in their schools.
We are trying to bring transparency at different levels. Besides focusing on regular issues, our major focus will be on enrollment of the poor children at the private schools, he said.
As per the previous year records, several schools flouted the RTE norms. Instead of 628 seats, only 294 deprived students were got their admission in the private schools, said Barnawal. “I have asked my officials to do hard in making the cent-percent admission of the deprived children in 2018-19,” he added.
According to RTE, 25 per cent seats have to be reserved for the children belonging to BPl and the deprived section of the society.
The Supreme Court, Jharkhand High Court and Jharkhand government have also ordered for the same but despite the orders, private schools in Bokaro are harassing parents who want to get their child admitted.
legal action would be taken against schools which fail to take steps to admit students against this quota, he said.
We are on the move, an advertisement relating to the admission of such students would be published shortly; children residing in the 3 to 6 kms periphery of the school can get admission in their nearest school, he said.
“Private schools must shoulder certain responsibility and should follow Government rules. All private schools should prominently display in their schools the details regarding the admissions against the 25 percent quota under the RTE Act.,” added Barnawal.