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With rules getting stringent, only 50% RTE applications approved by Gujarat government

For 60,000 seats last year, the state had received 124954 applications, whereas this year, till the afternoon of May 9, a total of 187644 applications were received for 105000 seats across the state

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With stringent rules for filtering applications for admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, nearly 50% of the applications have been approved by the state government. As against nearly 187644 applications, only 96000 have been approved after scruitinising all the applications. While the number of approved applications may increase, with one more day to go for the approval process, the state government this year has ensured that cases of forged documents are eliminated in the beginning itself.

This year, the number of applications also witnessed a jump of nearly 50% compared to last year's figure. For 60,000 seats last year, the state had received 124954 applications, whereas this year, till the afternoon of May 9, a total of 187644 applications were received for 105000 seats across the state.

As per the process, once applications are received, they are first confirmed based on documentation which is then filtered by receiving centres and eventually by the District Primary Education officer. The applications approved by the DPEO are the ones that are eligible for admissions.

SP Chaudhary, Deputy Director of Education, Government of Gujarat said, "The number of DPEO approved candidates will increase. Those rejected have been informed by SMS with a reason mentioned.

Mahesh Mehta, District Primary Education Officer said, "In the past few days, we have received a lot of applications. We are likely to seek extension as we need time to scrutnise the forms for final approval. The numbers will definitely increase."

Sources said that the officials are rejecting applications based of the government resolution on income limit, BPL score point, caste certificate, and residence proof."

TELLING NUMBERS

Total application 187644

Confirmed application 142151

RC approved 122251

DPEO approved 96000

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