-The Hindustan Times Schools in the Capital that have so far avoided giving admission to students under the economically weaker section (EWS) category will no longer be able to do so. On Tuesday, a circular issued by the Delhi directorate of education (DOE) made it clear that 410 schools that took land from the Delhi Development Authority on concessional rates will have to admit 15% EWS students with immediate effect. The schools...

-The Hindu New Delhi having ratified the U.N. Convention on the rights of the disabled in 2007, it is time the government enacted fresh legislation to replace the 1995 law The national convention for youth with disabilities earlier this month in New Delhi may not have been greeted with the kind of euphoria that is occasioned whenever the country’s youth-power becomes a talking point. But there were enough indications during the two-day...

-The Times of India PUNE: About 35% admissions under the reservation policy of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) have been effected in the state so far. So far, 66,306 out of 2.25 lakh students from the economically and socially weaker sections have taken admissions in 8,500 private schools across the state under the RTE. The process began on January 1 with the distribution of forms. State director of primary education...

-The Indian Express Patna: Upset over frequent reports of tension and clash between students belonging to different castes, the Bihar government plans to dismantle its SC/ ST, OBC and minority hostels in a phased manner. On January 29, more than 25 students of the Saidpur hostel under Patna University attacked students of Bhimrao Ambedkar Welfare hostel. The clash resulted in three students getting injured. The Welfare hostel, run by the SC/ST Welfare...

-Deccan Herald Bangalore: The Right to Education (RTE) task force has received 30 complaints from parents so far since admissions under the Act started on January 5, on schools denying admission to children under the RTE provision. The parents have alleged that the schools they approached to admit their children gave lame excuses and denied admissions. A resident of Banaswadi said she wanted to admit her four-year-old son to a prestigious school...