Right to education delay: 250 BPL kids await admission

JAMSHEDPUR: The process of mandatory Below Poverty Level(BPL) children’s admission under Right To Education Act 2008 seems to be yielding no results as 250 poor candidates still await admission call from private English medium schools.
Several candidates hailing from poor economic background, have submitted the requisite documents to their neighbourhood schools for seeking admission in accordance with the provisions of the RTE Act but they are still waiting for a call from the respective schools.
“It’s over a few weeks since I am waiting for a call from the school. Hopefully, my ward will get free admission according to RTE Act,” said Rita, who lives in Gandhi Ashram in Sakchi. Rita is keen to get her child admitted to the nursery class of Dayanand Public School, Bistupur.
The case of Videsh Jal, resident of Devnagar is also the same. “The school (MNPS) did not find my son eligible for admission in nursery as school claims he is over admissible age which according to RTE guidelines is not correct. I have approached the school again hoping to get a positive response soon,” said the poor father.
Like Videsh and Rita, several BPL parents have claimed that schools have put their candidates on waiting list at entry level classes. It is learnt that several English schools have resorted to delaying tactics to thwart free admission of the BPL candidates in their respective institutions as mandated under RTE rule.