The Madhya Pradesh government is all set to conduct an online lottery today for the free admission of children from weaker sections of society to private schools under the Right to Education Act.
Under the Right to Education Act, the Madhya Pradesh government is conducting an online lottery round for the admission of underprivileged children to private schools in the state. The shortlisted candidates for admission won't be charged any course fee as prescribed in the constitutional RTE Act.
Admission to private schools will be conducted for the academic session 2022-23. Through this initiative, the state government is willing to distribute an equal opportunity for all children to attend education. The children from the weaker section of society and disadvantaged groups will be part of this scheme
Response From Parents
The initiative is collecting a good response from the parents. According to official claims, the state government, through its RTE portal, have received over two lakh applications from parents for admission of their children to a private school. The administration has shortlisted around 1.70 lakh applications eligible to undergo the lottery process after a document verification round. The education minister, Inder Singh Parmar, said, "The free admission scheme of economically weaker children in the state's private schools under the RTE Act will transform the education sector of Madhya Pradesh. With the motive of 'Education For All,' we aim to bring such candidates to attend education so that no one is left out in the society."
The Right to Education (RTE) officials on Wednesday, June 6, said that more than two lakh children have applied for admission into private schools in Madhya Pradesh under the RTE Act for the academic year 2022-23.
The director of Rajya Shiksha Kendra (RSK) said, "Of the two lakh applications received till Tuesday evening (June 5), nearly 70 per cent have been verified so far by concerned officials," as stated in a report by PTI.
It is said that the last date for applying for admission into private schools in Madhya Pradesh under the RTE Act was July 5 and the applications were submitted on the RTE portal. Additionally, till July 9, the concerned officials will verify these applications.
Further, the officials informed that the schools will be allotted to the children via an online lottery system in a random selection process. It is on July 14 that the schools will be allotted and children will be allowed to take admission into the allotted institutions till July 23.
Under the Right to Education Act, for the session 2022-23, online lottery will be taken out on Thursday for free admission of children from disadvantaged groups and weaker sections in the private schools of the state.
Rajya Shiksha Kendra director Dhanaraju S will launch the lottery process on Thursday at 2:30 pm. The programme will be telecast live on the YouTube channel of the Kendra. The link to the programme is htps://youtu.be/NMIjVe2gSGo.
It is noteworthy that about two lakh parents have applied online for free admission of their children in private schools. Out of which more than 1.71 lakh have been declared eligible after document verification.
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