Gujarat: No school for thousands of kids?

Ahmedabad | Friday | 22nd June, 2018

Summary:

The petition filed on Wednesday stated that the second round of allotment will begin on June 2. The petitioner argued that government earlier said it would declare the second round of admissions for the over 45,000 students who were left out. As per the official website of the Gujarat government, it had received 1,87,660 applications under RTE of which 1,25,922 applications were granted. Among the total accepted applications, 80,199 applicants were allotted schools under RTE in the first round of application. Gujarat government on Tuesday said the question of declaring the second round of admissions under Right to Education (RTE) does not arise as there were no seats left in any school in the state..