Cannot support 25% - Minority Institutions
Date: Thu, 2011-04-28
New Delhi: Minority educational institutions in the city have expressed inability to implement government guidelines on reserving 25 per cent seats for students from economically weaker sections as per provisions of the Right to Education Act, citing financial constraints. These schools have already approached National Minority Commission to take up the issue with the HRD Ministry as well as Delhi govt. NCM member H S Hanspal, who looks after minority related issues in Delhi, today took up the matter during a meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit but she apparently told him that only HRD Ministry can examine the issue. "We will soon take up the issue with HRD Ministry. These schools have told us that they cannot provide free education to 25 per cent students due to financial constraints," he told reporters after a meeting with Dikshit. Delhi Government, earlier this year, had issued a notification making it mandatory for all schools in the city to reserve 25 per cent of seats for economically weaker sections (EWS) as per provisions of the RTE Act.
Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/minority-educational-institutions-unable-to-give-25-seats-to-students/782932/0
