District Education superintendent (DSE) cum Right to Education (RTE) Nodal Officer for BPL admission in public schools has served show cause notice to16 prominent schools of Dhanbad for providing misleading number of seats available for admission in those schools to his office under BPL quota.
DSE Ayush Kumar said that by serving show cause to public schools we have asked to clarify the actual number of seats available for admission under BPL quota. DSE has clearly stated in the letter that the number of
vacancies (seats available. For admission ) is misleading in the report made available to his office as it has shown much fewer seats for BPL admission compared to actual number of seats available in totality from entry level class to class eight .
The schools served show cause notice include Tata DAV Public School -Sijua, DAV Public School- Mahuda, DAV Public School -Rangamati Sindri, DAV Public School- Koyla Nagar, DAV Public School -Alkusa, Delhi Public School -Dhanbad, DAV Public School -Munidih Project Dhanbad, Rajkamal Saraswati Vidya Mandir- Ashok Nagar, DAV Public School- Kusunda, Dhanbad City School, Dhanbad Public School -KG Ashram, Dhanbad Public School- Hirak Branch, Tata DAV Public School- Jamadoba, DAV Model Schools -CFRI Jharia, DAV Centenary Public School- Baniahirand Doon Public School Satkira Topchanchi.
According to DSE there appears to be a huge difference between numbers provided to the department as well as that were sent to U-Dias and CBSE. The report submitted by U Dias and CBSE revealed that these schools hid actual numbers sent to the department for BPL enrollment as fewer seats were made available for such admissions compared to reports sent to U Diad and CBSE.
The schools have been asked to clarify within the shortest possible time. The notice has been served after complaints of select parents in this regard.