Gujarat: Only 4,642 given admission after 2nd round of RTE

  • | Wednesday | 15th August, 2018

While 80,165 students were allotted seats after the first round, only 72,000 confirmed their admissions; in round two, only 4,642 students secured admission. TELLING NUMBERSWhile 80,165 students were allotted seats after the first round, only 72,000 confirmed their admissions; in round two, only 4,642 students secured admission. Even after the second round of admissions under Right To Education (RTE) in Gujarat, nearly 35,000 seats remain vacant. MI Joshi, Director, Primary Education, said, "Of those who were to be admitted after round two, we have given admission to 4,642 students; they will need to confirm their admissions by August 21." This year, we had given parents the option to choose as many schools as they want to based on their priority.

Even after the second round of admissions under Right To Education (RTE) in Gujarat, nearly 35,000 seats remain vacant. While 80,165 students were allotted seats after the first round, only 72,000 confirmed their admissions; in round two, only 4,642 students secured admission. MI Joshi, Director, Primary Education, said, "Of those who were to be admitted after round two, we have given admission to 4,642 students; they will need to confirm their admissions by August 21." Sources privy to the development said, "We had got 1,25,000 applications for a total of 1,12,000 seats in the states. While many schools have no vacancies now, there are still some who have seats but are not of being preferred by parents. This year, we had given parents the option to choose as many schools as they want to based on their priority. We are now realising that many parents are not willing to admit their wards to certain schools because they have their eyes on a particular school. We have vacant seats but no one to take admissions there." While this year, the state government had increased the seats by 75per cent, of the 1,25,729 applications approved by the District Primary Education Officer (DPEO), only 80,199 got admission. In April, the state government had announced that they had a target of 1,05,000 seats across the state for RTE admissions as against 60,000 last year. However, with round one ensuring only 80,199 admissions, the situation seemed worrisome. TELLING NUMBERS While 80,165 students were allotted seats after the first round, only 72,000 confirmed their admissions; in round two, only 4,642 students secured admission.

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