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Chandigarh private schools do not want poor students on their roster
Despite of Haryana School Education rules mandating private schools to allot a certain percent of seats for students from EWS, Chandigarh private schools are refusing admissions to such students leading to a protest by both students and parents.
Chandigarh schools seem to be in a defiant mood over the admission of students from the economically weaker sections (EWS) of the society. Although the rule says, admissions for 25% students from EWS for class I can be done under the RTE Act. Moreover the Haryana School Education Rules says, 10% students from EWS can seek admission in class II and they have to just pay the fee equivalent to government schools.
According to the private school owners they are willing to accommodate these children but the state and Centre should reimburse the fee under the Central government's Right to Education (RTE) Act. The state government on the other hand doesn't want to oblige the private schools on it.
Due to this deadlock, EWS students along with their parents staged a protest in Rohtak yesterday seeking admissions to private schools. Protesting under the banner of 'Abhibhavak Sangh' they staged a march in the city before submitting a memorandum to the education officials.
A committee member of the 'Abhibhavak Sangh', Ranbir Singh Dahiya said that the private schools were reluctant to admit the students from the economically weaker section despite the directions of the government. According to Dahiya, the defiance of private schools doesn’t stop here. They have also increased the annual fee apart from adopting the books of private publishers instead of the ones published and distributed by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
