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PUNE: All rounds of admission to fill the 25% quota for students from economically-deprived section of society under the Right To Education (RTE) Act have been completed. The government needs to conduct massive awareness programmes about the RTE Act in slums and other areas. When I tried to admit my son to an aided school, but they refused admission. Even letters from the education officer were hardly of any use because there were no follow ups,” said Mukund Kirdat, an education activist.Education commissioner Vishal Solanki said, “We are working on various aspects of RTE admission. Hence, we just left it at that,” said Komalbai Matin Mujawar of Shikshan Hakka Manch said, “Awareness is the first step..