Bengaluru: The State Government is mulling to discontinue reimbursement of fees to private schools under the Right To Education (RTE) Act 2009. The Government had made it compulsory to admit 25 percent of the poor students to private schools and was reimbursing the fees to the schools under the RTE Act. Now that the Government is planning to stop the reimbursement, the private school managements are in a fix. The Government in the guise of forming a new Education Policy is planning to place the policy proposals before the next Cabinet meeting before being enacted into a Law. This session will be the last one of the current Congress Government. During the 2017-18 Budget presentation, the new School Education Policy will be announced. This policy will include all the rules including RTE said, Commissioner of Public Instruction P.C. Jaffer.
It is better to withdraw RTE Act. The poor students are not getting any benefits under this Act. Since the well-established schools with all facilities come under the Minority Department, only the schools without basic facilities provide admissions under the RTE Act. Hence, the purpose of this Act has completely failed. By improving the quality of government schools, the poor children can be provided good education. — Kautilya R. Raghu, Chairman, Kautilya Vidyalaya, Mysuru
