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RTE: Schools yet to apply for NOC -Abhishek Choudhari

-The Times of India


NAGPUR: Every school, regardless of the board it is affiliated to, has to obtain a no objection certificate (NOC) from the local education office as per the directives of Right To Education Act (RTE). Without a NOC, the school effectively becomes 'illegal' as it is functioning in contravention of RTE laws.

The process had started last year but till date many schools have not applied to the local education office. Someshwar Netam, RTE's district in charge, said, "Schools need to ensure that they comply with the norms and obtain the NOC from my office else they will get in legal trouble from next session. The law clearly says that schools cannot function without obtaining NOC."

While Netam did not have the figures available, he said "quite a few schools are yet to complete the process". On the other hand, there are schools that have applied but not yet got the NOC as they have failed to meet requisite norms. Netam said, "Schools need to have basic infrastructure such as toilets and boundary wall as per RTE and we have notified the schools concerned of their specific deficiencies. We can still give them a provisional NOC if they guarantee that the missing infrastructure will be ready within a specified time frame."

Once a school is granted NOC it has to be renewed every three years from the same office. A similar rule was already in place for CBSE-affiliated schools but was never adhered to because of a turf war between the two. CBSE schools never went to the local education department for obtaining NOC as many felt it was an unnecessary infringement in their domain. But now with RTE coming into effect no school has a choice and many top schools in the city like Bhavan's have obtained NOC.