The State government has decided to convert the entire process of submission of applications and admission of the students to different schools under the Right To Education (RTE) quota online, with an intention to end the complaints of irregularities in the selection process.
Deputy Director of the Public Instructions (DDPI) K.G. Hanumanthappa told presspersons in Kalaburagi on Tuesday that the parents who wish to take the benefit of free admissions in the schools under the RTE quota should submit their applications online. The applications are available on the website www.schooleducation.kar.nic.in.
Mr. Hanumanthappa said that the online applications would be accepted from January 18. The last date for filing applications was February 19. “The parents with all the required documents should submit their applications online for the admission during this period. The department would publish the list of eligible children who can avail admission under the RTE quota on February 26,” he said. Objections to the list can be filed between February 27 and March 2. The consideration of objections would be taken up on March 4.
Mr. Hanumanthappa said that the selection process would also be online and centralised. If there more applicants, then the selection process would be based on a lottery. This would be conducted on a centralised basis, without the involvement of the officials of the Education Department.
He said all the schools have been instructed to install a computer with internet connection to facilitate online uploading of the applications received under RTE. The parents who are not well-versed with using computers can submit their applications offline in the Block Education Office, which would in turn upload their applications online.
He said that the government has also introduced a few changes in the admission process under the RTE quota this year.
In urban areas, the applicants can select the schools coming under their wards and each applicant can choose five schools and they may be allotted admissions in any one of the school. However, the applicants from rural areas have the freedom to apply to any school in their taluk.
Mr. Hanumanthappa said that for the academic year 2015-16, 711 private schools have been selected for admissions under the RTE in the district and 25 per cent of the total enrolment of the school is reserved for applicants under the quota.
The total number of seats available under the RTE in these schools was 5,489.
