Under the Right to Education Act 2009 (RTE) for the academic session 2020-21, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of District Education Officer (DEO) Neelam Aileen Toppo for admission of eligible students in the grant and private schools. There are 39 such schools in the district. A total of 847 applications were received from the district after which 293 students forms were found correct and 518 students forms were rejected for various reasons. Toppo directed the District Education Superintendent that after validating the reason for the rejected applications, the list needs to be again prepared and asked to present the list in the next meeting.
Under RTE, free admission process for children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups has started in private schools. After verifying the eligibility of applications received in this session, a list of eligible, ineligible children will be entered. Eligible children will be given direct entry into the school. During this meeting District Education Superintendent Renuka Tigga, Arvind Kumar of Public Relations, Ashutosh Kumar, Principal of Chinmaya Vidyalaya and Sanjay Kumar were present.