Apr 19, 2025 07:38 AM IST
The RTE Act mandates that non-public faculties reserve 25% of their seats for college students from economically deprived backgrounds, with admissions based mostly on residence and earnings standards
MUMBAI: The admissions of 15 college students in a Kharghar-based faculty below the Proper to Training (RTE) Act had been cancelled after the Panvel Municipal Panchayat Samiti discovered discrepancies of their residential addresses throughout a bodily verification course of. The motion adopted a criticism from a involved dad or mum in April after the second spherical of admissions. The criticism alleged that the varsity admitted college students based mostly on fraudulent paperwork, prompting an investigation by the training division.
The varsity performed the bodily verification and located the households didn’t reside the place they mentioned they did.(HT Archives) (HT PHOTO)
The cancelled admissions had been below the 25% quota reserved for college students belonging to economically weaker sections, as a part of the RTE mandate for the educational 12 months 2025–26.
On Thursday, Sitaram Mihite, the Block Training Officer of the Panvel Panchayat Samiti, wrote a letter to the Raigad Zilla Parishad’s training officer, stating that the 15 admissions in query had been all processed on-line and appeared legitimate at first. Nonetheless, the paperwork submitted by the dad and mom had been fraudulent, resulting in a directive for additional inquiry.
“After receiving the complaint, we asked the school to conduct a thorough investigation. The families failed to provide proof of residence even after being given multiple opportunities,” the letter said.
The varsity authorities performed a bodily verification of the residential addresses offered by the RTE Act candidates and located that not one of the households resided within the places they submitted.
The RTE Act mandates that non-public faculties reserve 25% of their seats for college students from economically deprived backgrounds, with admissions based mostly on residence and earnings standards.
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