Parents declare children as orphans to obtain RTE seat
Bengaluru: At its worst, the school admission process is a tough route for parents. They not only face stiff competition, but have to jump over several hurdles to secure a place for their children. In a desperate attempt to obtain seats under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) quota in aided and unaided schools, several parents allegedly fudged documents to show their children had special needs or were orphans or street children.
According to a The Hindu report, Department of Public Instruction discovered this during the verification process.
Of the total 1,095 applications received under the special category, 418 were not eligible to claim this benefit. “Many of them did not have the necessary documents. Even single parents had come forward to claim the benefit,” said an official.
These fraudulent applications have been converted to general applications and will still be a part of the online lottery process. Only 533 applications are eligible to be considered as special cases under the disadvantaged category.
Orphans, migrant and street children, and those affected and living with HIV, transgenders, children with special needs, and children of farmers who committed suicide due to drought are considered under the special category. These children will be given first preference in the online lottery process.
The total number of eligible applications for RTE seats was 1.5 times the demand. About 2.33 lakh applicants are eligible for 1.52 lakh seats. As many as 5,482 applications were rejected as there were discrepancies in their documents.
Textbooks and uniforms
Shalini Rajneesh, Principal Secretary, pointed out that the State government will provide State syllabus textbooks to those students admitted under the RTE quota. However, managements of CBSE and ICSE schools will have to provide textbooks and school uniforms for RTE students.
Ms. Rajneesh said a fresh circular would be issued in this regard shortly.
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2 men dragged for 300 metres by truck in Agra; locals save their lives
Agra, Dec 23: A truck driver dragged two people for about 300 metres in Agra under his vehicle, police on Monday said.
Some locals forced the driver to stop the truck and extricated the men from under the vehicle.
Police arrested the driver and seized the truck.
The two men, both residents of Nunhai in Agra, were going towards Rambagh from Waterworks when they met with an accident around 11 pm Sunday.
The driver, instead of stopping the truck sped up, trapping both of them underneath, police said.
"In the accident, two youths were dragged by a canter driver for about 300 metres. Later, some residents saved the youths by stopping the driver using force," Chhatta Police Station Inspector Pramod Kumar told PTI.
"The youths were sent for treatment at a nearby hospital and are still being treated, but are in stable condition. The youths were from Agra. The canter driver was arrested and the canter seized after the incident," he said.
A video of the incident that surfaced on social media showed the men shouting for help.
The video was purported to have been shot by a person passing by on a two-wheeler.
“पिछली पोस्ट में वीडियो में युवकों को मोटर साइकल सहित ट्रक वाला कई मीटर तक घसीटता हुआ ले जाता गया देखा था,
— Umashankar Singh उमाशंकर सिंह (@umashankarsingh) December 23, 2024
अब जनता द्वारा उस ट्रक ड्राइवर की ठुकाई पिटाई का समारोह देखिए।”#Agra@madanjournalist
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HORRIFYING!
— Sanjay Kishore (@saintkishore) December 23, 2024
In Agra, a truck driver dragged two men for 300 meters. Locals intervened, stopping the truck and saving the men. Both are stable but continue receiving treatment. The driver has been arrested and the truck seized.
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