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RTE: Many parents turned back as 1st of admission ends

As the first round of admissions under the Right to Education Act drew to a close on Saturday, activists claimed that several city parents were turned back on some pretext or the other.

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As the first round of admissions under the Right to Education Act drew to a close on Saturday, activists claimed that several city parents were turned back on some pretext or the other.

However, the civic education department said that it had not received any complaint about denial of admissions for reasons other than incomplete paperwork.

Until Saturday, 1,236 children from economically deprived section were admitted to various schools under the 25% quota. The next round of lottery for RTE admission will be held on Monday.

A parent from South Mumbai said, "I have an allotment letter of a South Mumbai school. Two days ago, they told me that the government was yet to decide on the reimbursement of fees for pre-primary admission. Today, when I asked them to give me in writing that they don't want to give me admission, they asked me to come on Monday."

Parents and activists said education minister Vinod Tawde's recent statement, that the government would not reimburse fees of students admitted under RTE in pre-primary sections, has created a lot of confusion and schools are using it as an excuse to deny admission.

"I received three complaints of parents who were denied admission by schools," said Avisha Kulkarni, president of School Parents Forum.

K Narayan, secretary of NGO Anudanit Shiksha Bachchao Samiti, said some schools said that they would not give admission in both pre-primary and primary sections. "This is despite the message from the civic education department that in case a school is unable to allot 25% seats in the pre-primary section, it should compensate for the shortfall by admitting kids in primary section."

Shambhavi Jogi, civic education officer, said, "We have not received any complaints where admissions were rejected for reasons other than incomplete documentation."

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