RTE admission season is open in Bengaluru. If you are looking to help someone to get their child admitted to schools under RTE, or if you need it for your child, this is your guide.
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It’s the school admission season. While many parents are busy admitting their wards to top schools in the city, there are parents from underprivileged sections who too would be aspiring to admit their kids to private schools. While the sky high fees in private unaided schools was a deterrent for these parents to not apply at such schools in the past, the Right To Education (RTE) Act introduced five years ago came as a ray of hope for many.
The mandate for every private school to allocate 25 per cent seats under the RTE Act for children from weaker sections and disadvantaged groups is a boon for an aspiring society that wants to cut past the problems in public education. If you know a child, may be of your help or driver or of any familiar person around, that has the eligibility to be admitted to a private school, then here is a guide that will help you understand how to go about it.
How does RTE Act help educate a child from underprivileged background?
The Right of Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 grants every child of the age of six to 14 the right to have free and compulsory education in a neighbourhood school till the completion of elementary education.
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