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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | School slapped with show-cause notice for RTE violation

School slapped with show-cause notice for RTE violation

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published Published on Mar 30, 2012   modified Modified on Mar 30, 2012
-The Times of India

The education department on Thursday slapped a show-cause notice to Sofia Senior Secondary Girls' School for violating norms under the Right to Education (RTE) Act.

The show-cause notice was served after the department investigated complaints of a parent who said many girls studying below Class VIII were not promoted to the next class. The department found the complaints to be true but the school said saying parents of the girls who failed wanted their children to repeat in their respective classes.

Perhaps this is the first case in the state in which the department initiated action against the school under the RTE Act.

The elementary education department asked the school to reply within seven days after receiving the notice. The school is charged under sections 12, 13 and 16 of RTE Act. "We sent a team to find out the truth on the complaint and the report submitted to me found that there is violation of RTE," said Ram Chandra Samant, district education officer of elementary education.

The school announced result of its examinations on Tuesday in which many girls were declared failed. "My nine-year-old daughter Preeta studying in Class IV was declared fail. When I approach the principal, she told me to withdraw my daughter from the school. When I requested her then she demanded to give in writing that we wanted our daughter to repeat in Class IV," said Rishi Mirdha, a parent. He added that his daughter went into shock and has undergone treatment.

On the complaint of Rishi, the education department formed a team under RTE cell in-charge Rajeev Tiwari to investigate the accusations. "We asked the factual report from school and they showed us an application of parents desiring that their daughter should be declared failed and made to repeat in the same class," Tiwari. He added that there is no rule in RTE that on the desire of parents, school allows student to repeat the class. "It is the violation of law and we reported it to the higher authorities," Tiwari said.

According to the department, Rule 16 of the RTE Act states that no student up to Class VIII should be failed nor he or she will be rusticated from the school in the primary classes. The schools have no right to compel parents to take away their wards from the school. Section 12 also states that every school of the state will provide free education to the weaker section.

Principal of the school, sister Orlean said, "If parents have problems, they should approach the school directly. In this case, some parents found their children very weak in almost every subject and therefore they parents they have given in writing that they wanted their children to repeat the class."

The school is affiliated to CBSE. "If department is satisfied that the school has violated the law, the recognition of the school will be immediately canceled," an official source said.

The Times of India, 30 March, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/School-slapped-with-show-cause-notice-for-RTE-violation/articleshow/12463192.cms


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