Ensure admission of children from BPL families in private schools: Haryana

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday directed the state education department to ensure children from BPL families get admission in private schools as per provisions of the RTE Act and the Haryana School Education Rules.

The Chief Minister issued the directives while presiding over a review meeting of the Education Department here, an official release said.

Admission to class I will be done as per provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, and to classes II to VIII under Rule 134 A of the Haryana School Education Rules, it said.

Private schools are required to reserve 25 per cent seats in class I and 10 per cent seats in classes II to VIII for children from weaker sections, BPL families and disadvantaged groups, the release said.

The schools have already been directed to display information regarding availability of reserved seats on their website, the release said.

The department has already released the admission schedule for the classes for the 2017-18 academic session, it said.

The meeting was attended by Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary School Education P K Das, and other senior officers of the department.