CBSE Applications under RTE Act can soon be done online
Posted on: 29/Mar/2019 3:09:38 PM
Starting from April 22 until May 18, parents can apply for admitting their child in schools under Right to Education act.
The state school education department has structured a portal for admission and application. This will be made available also for CBSE schools starting from this academic year – 2019-20. Hence, a total of 8,000+ seats are going to be available across 900 CBSE schools functional in the state. As far as the private matriculation schools are concerned, there are 1.2 lakh seats available to admit students under RTE act which stands for the education of children hailing from economically poor backgrounds and socially poor backgrounds.
As of now, the portal for application plus admission is being constructed. There are plans to also include nonminority and self-financing institutes. Notifications the education board states that CBSE schools are also going to get listed in the overall list of available schools under RTE act. Official confirmation in this regard is awaited still.
The portal did not contain CBSE schools until previous academic year. Only select CBSE schools were listed and the others refused to admit children under the RTE quota as the government failed to make money reimbursement towards student admissions made under the scheme.
For the academic year 2017-18, a total sum of Rs 247 crore is allotted for admitting students under RTE act, says official sources from the education department. Between 2014 and 2018, a total of Rs 400 crore is spent towards the RTE scheme. So far, no share is being sent by the central government which totally owes Rs 240 crore until now.
Last year, the admission guidelines were revised. This resulted in dip in admission under RTE quota which got introduced back in 2011.
RTE admission is just an eyewash. The admission process with most of the CBSE schools is already completed. And they have received donations for such admissions. By the time the admission portal gets ready, it will be of no use as the admissions in CBSE schools would have almost ended, say activists.
