RTE admission has successfully started by sending letters of admission to parents, in private schools for the economically weaker sections (EWS). The NGOs that are working for this section complain that parents are being demoralised by private schools who are asking fees for other activities and for uniforms.
Barring them from entering the school's premises and asking whether they can afford to pay the fees of other activities, are some of the tricks private schools are playing to demoralise parents from seeking admission for their wards under the Right to Education (RTE) quota, claims an NGO. Some parents are also being asked to get fresh income certificate of 2014-2015.
RTE admission has successfully started by sending letters of admission to parents, in private schools for the economically weaker sections (EWS). The NGOs that are working for this section complain that parents are being demoralised by private schools who are asking fees for other activities and for uniforms.
Vijaykumar Kanojia, state general secretary, Mumbai Pradesh Youth Congress, said that he went with some parents to two schools where their wards' names had appeared.
"One school did not permit us to enter the premises and made wait near the watchman's cabin. They took the documents and asked the parents to go back later when they finish crosschecking with BMC education department," said Kanojia.
He added that the administration staff of the other school didn't know the meaning of an income certificate. "They asked the parents to get the current financial year income certificate, whereas the parent had the one of 2013-14, which was issued by the tahsildar's office in the month of March."
Echoing the sentiments of Kanojia, K Narayan, secretary of Anudanit Shiksha Bachchao Samiti, said: "The wards of some parents are being denied admission in a Malad based school. Some parents are asked to get a new income certificate within four days. Another school is asking parents to pay money for uniform and books. When asked to give their requirements in writing, they refuse to do so," said Narayan.
A senior education officer in the BMC said that she hadn't received a complaint of any parent being asked fees for other activities. "If a parent is asked to get an updated income certificate of financial year 2014-15, they do so. Once the child is allotted admission in a particular school, the seat will not go to anyone else, as the allotment letter is a kind of license given to that child," she added.
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