Plea in HC challenging state’s decision excluding private schools from RTE seats
Pending hearing of the case, the petitioners sought stay on operation of the said notification.
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Prior to the said amendment, it was mandatory for self-financed and private schools to have a 25 percent quota for students from socio-economically backward sections. (Representational Image)
A writ petition has been recently filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the notification that amended rules under Right To Education (RTE) Act by Maharashtra government declaring that private schools having a government-run school within 1-km area will not be obligated to admit children under the RTE quota.
Prior to the said amendment, it was mandatory for self-financed and private schools to have a 25 percent quota for students from socio-economically backward sections. Pending hearing of the case, the petitioners sought stay on operation of the said notification.
A division bench of Justices Atul S Chandurkar and Jitendra S Jain is likely to hear on Monday the plea by 17 persons including members of management of aided schools and parents belonging to socio-economically backward classes.
The plea filed through advocates Shreya Mohapatra and Sanjot Shirsath on April 25 also sought direction to the state government to modify the list of eligible schools displayed on state’s ‘RTE 25 % Admission portal’ to include all private, unaided schools so that the parents can apply for their children’s admission for academic year 2024-25.
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