DROP IN ADMISSION TO TAMILNADU PRIVATE SCHOOLS UNDER RTE:
UNDER RTE,THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ADMITTED TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAS BEEN REDUCED:
☛ CHENNAI: For the first time in the recent years, there has been sudden drop in number of students admitted in private schools under the right of children for free & compulsory education (RTE) act.
☛ This is the first time in the recent years this drop has happened and it has attracted the attention of many now. According to an official data it is now revealed that only 70000 students managed to get admissions in the private schools in TN under the 25 % RTE quota. One important point is record number of applications have been received from the candidates in the state of Tamil Nadu and just 70,000 students got admission. The main reason was due to revision in the admission guideline in this year.
NOT-ON RIGHT TRACK
YEAR-WISE ADMISSION
| Year |
Avaliable seats |
Student admitted |
% seats vacant |
| 2015-16 |
1.16 Lakh |
80,400 |
30 |
| 2016-17 |
1.17 lakh |
94,800 |
19 |
| 2017-18 |
1.19 lakh |
97,500 |
18 |
| 2018-19 |
1.2 lakh |
70,000 |
41 |
☛ “This is because the admission guidelines were revised in this year”. Only those residing within 1km radius of the schools were considered for admission process.The state has sought amount of Rs 99 crore as total reimbursement towards expenditure incurred for 25% admission under the RTE quota in 2015-16. This has been suggested in the SSA or Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan project approval board meeting. The amount that has been sanctioned by the HRD ministry or central government was just Rs 27.6 crores.
☛ RTE Activist, Mr. Eswaran expressed his thoughts and spoke about how if the seats remain vacant then other states like Maharashtra increase the radius to 3km or 5km. He explained how government cannot cite funds shortage as a reason to revise guidelines when there is a provision. To make the scheme more efficient, the government can fix the loopholes in admitting the students belonging to SC/ST/BC/MBC groups. He spoke about how the students become eligible only after submitting their community certificates.
☛ It is important to note that as per section 12 (1)(c) of RTE Act, 25% seats in the private schools are reserved for the students having age between 8 and 14, belonging to weaker sections(having an annual income of less than Rs 2 lakhs) and disadvantaged groups. If RTE Act doesn’t accept KG admissions, then the state must instruct the private schools to readmit the students in class 1. The applications could be submitted for the reimbursement. This was also confirmed by Mr.Eswaran.
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