The directorate of education (DoE) has finally decided to crack down on schools flouting the nursery admission rules in the city. Acting on the complaints from parents, the DoE on Wednesday decided to serve notices to errant schools asking them to either rectify their admission criteria or face cancellation of the entire process. The education officials are expected to visit schools from Thursday onwards to keep a check on the...
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Private schools shy away from implementing RTE provisions by Shoeb Khan
It came as a rude shock for parents of Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) whose wards were denied admission under the Right to Education Act, which guarantees 25% reservation in schools at entry level. Most schools don't seem inclined to implement the provisions of the RTE Act as the state government has failed to frame rules in this regard. A few schools are not even accepting the forms under this category,...
More »Petition says guidelines against RTE, court seeks govt response
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Delhi government on a PIL requesting quashing of nursery admission guidelines framed by the government on the grounds that they violated the Right to Education Act. The court also issued a notice to the Centre and asked for its reply within six weeks. The next date of hearing on the matter is in March next year. The PIL was filed...
More »PIL filed against new admission rules
A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking quashing of the nursery admission guidelines framed by the Delhi Government. The PIL contends that the guidelines violate the Right to Education Act. The PIL was filed by a civil rights group Social Jurist. Challenging the government notification’s validity, its lawyer Ashok Agarwal said the move giving private schools a free hand to formulate their own admission criteria...
More »New norms violate RTE, says panel
Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) on Friday issued noticetothedepartment of education (DoE),Delhi government , over issuing of guidelines for admission in preprimary and class-I saying they violate the provisions of theRighttoF ree andCompulsory Education Act, 2009. in Its notice to the principal secretary , education , the commission has asked the department to re-examine the order . The guidelines were issued by DoEon Wednesday . The notice...
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