The petition seeks the court’s direction asking the erring institutes to upload their minority certificate on the RTE websites
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the state government in connection with a petition filed against minority schools that had allegedly refused to admit students under the RTE Act. The director of primary education and the Gujarat education board of catholic institutions were also sent notices in the matter.
The division bench of the court headed by Justice MR Shah is hearing the petition filed against minority schools that had first agreed to admit students under RTE but later refused to do so. The schools had refused admission to children under RTE on the grounds that they were minority schools.
The petition seeks the court's direction asking the erring institutes to upload their minority certificate on the RTE websites. Petitioner Sandip Munjyasara wants the state government to put in public domain the name of the students who had been refused admission under RTE by various schools due to various reasons. Besides, he has urged the court to direct the government to prepare a list of the total number of schools, the seats in Class 1 in these schools and the number of seats reserved for RTE students, and make it available in public domain.
The petition has stated that the government after the first round of RTE admissions allotted 80,199 students to Class 1 in various schools. But a number of them were not admitted by schools on the grounds that they were minority institutions.
According to the petitioner, before the RTE admissions began this year, the government had pressed into service over 500 verifiers who collected data about the number of schools and the Class 1 seats in them. This document was endorsed by the principals of the schools surveyed and verified by the DEO and DPEO offices, who also issued certificates.
The petitioner told the court that the certificates had then stated that the minority schools on the list were willing to admit students under RTE. However, after students were allotted, the minority schools went back on their word and raised the issue of their minority status, denying admission to the students. According to the petitioner, the schools cannot do so once the allotment is done. He has also demanded that the schools make their minority certificate public.
THE PETITION
- The petition seeks the court’s direction asking the erring institutes to upload their minority certificate on the RTE websites.
- It also wants the state govt to put in public domain the name of the students who had been refused admission.
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