Hardik, Alpesh detained for threats

Pro-quota Patidar agitator Hardik Patel and OBC rights activist turned Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor were detained by police after they threatened to lock office of Ahmedabad District Education Officer over the issue of giving admission to underprivileged students in a private school under Right to Education Act.

Before visiting DEO office, Patel and Thakor went to Udgam School situated in a posh locality of Ahmedabad with a couple of children to seek clarification about their admission. Being CBSE affiliated the school authorities claimed that as the kids were below age of six years, they could not be admitted to Class 1.

According to Hardik Congress led UPA government had brought Right to Education Act for economically weaker students. Earlier both had gone to the school and the school authority gave in writing that under RTE they would give admission in senior KG. However they required to give admission in Class 1, but the authority denied, said Patel adding that eventually they decided to lock DEO office for the proper implementation of RTE.

The CBSE law is that children of 6 years can be admitted to Class 1, but state law suggests that a 5-year-old child should be given admission in Class 1, said Thakor adding that the school said the case is in the court but what about education of children if court takes six months to deliver its judgment. He claimed that more than 30,000 student are yet to be given admission in different schools across the state.