Shrinivasa.MMysuru: Poor parents from the city who were expecting free seats for their kids under the 25% quota as per the Right to Education (RTE) act are virtually clueless about the entire admission process in the district this year.As per the amended rules, RTE free seats are abolished in most of the private schools which are sharing the wards with the government schools. Adding to this, in the name of election, authorities are not ready to guide parents. As a result, parents are forced to halt the admission of their kids. Meanwhile, authorities of the department of public instruction (DPI) said they haven’t received any complaint from over the RTE admission process.According to sources in the DPI, the final list of RTE schools and number of available seats for the children from the poor and disadvantaged section of the society will be published on Wednesday. “But it is confirmed that most of the private schools have been excluded from the RTE schools’ list,” said an officer.“The example for this is Mysuru North Education Block. Last year, over 950 seats were available in private schools (both aided and unaided) under the RTE quota in this block. But this year, it has come down to 262. These seats are also not available in the schools of parents’ choice, but they are located on the city outskirts,” he said.According to parents, most of the officers are not answering to their queries and are avoiding them in the name of election duty. “If there was no election, this reduction in the number of RTE free seats would have become a big controversy. But today no one is talking about it. Even if we call the BEO offices or the DPI office, no one responds,” said Chinnamma, a resident of Hosabandikeri, who is trying for an LKG seat for her granddaughter in any of the private schools.When contacted, DDPI Panduranga said the department has not received any complaint regarding RTE admissions or lack of free seats.

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