Number of applications for RTE in city comes down
TNN | Apr 15, 2019, 04:25 IST
Mysuru: Every year, from the very first day of online filing of applications for the 25% free seats under the Right to Education (RTE) quota in private unaided schools, the department of public instruction (DPI) used to be flooded with applications.
But this year, even though the online application filing link was activated on March 20, till now just 14,685 students have applied for the seats. Compared to the rest of the cities, the demand is high for RTE free seats in Mysuru with 2,602 students applying for RTE free quota seats. The number of RTE free seats available in the three blocks of Mysuru city is 678.
S Jayakumar, director, DPI, said across the state the number of free seats in private unaided schools available for selection under the RTE quota is around 5,000 this year. It was 1.52 lakh last year.
“We brought changes in the RTE admission guidelines. It resulted in the drop in number of RTE applications,” he said.
According to DPI sources, in the academic year 2018-19, across the state, 2.3 lakh students had applied for the 1.52 lakh seats made available under the RTE free quota. But this year, with the state government bringing amendment to the RTE admission rules, the number of seats has come down by around 95% to around 5,000.
Shyamala Sukumar, a parent from Saraswatipuram in Mysuru, said the government must open its eyes to the plight of students and their parents, atleast now. “I also wanted to apply for an RTE seat. But there are no seats in good private schools. That is why I didn’t apply,” she said.
Big loss to cyber centres
It is the cyber centre owners who are feeling the heat of this reduction in number of applications. “Last year, I was working till midnight to fill RTE applications online. But this year, there are hardly any parents coming to apply for the RTE seats online,” said Manjula A Rao, a cyber centre owner on MG Road.
RTE Seats In Mysuru
Mysuru Rural
Total RTE seats: 42
No of applications received: 10
Mysuru South
Total RTE seats: 221
No of applications received: 892
Mysuru North
Total RTE seats: 415
No of applications received: 1,700
But this year, even though the online application filing link was activated on March 20, till now just 14,685 students have applied for the seats. Compared to the rest of the cities, the demand is high for RTE free seats in Mysuru with 2,602 students applying for RTE free quota seats. The number of RTE free seats available in the three blocks of Mysuru city is 678.
S Jayakumar, director, DPI, said across the state the number of free seats in private unaided schools available for selection under the RTE quota is around 5,000 this year. It was 1.52 lakh last year.
“We brought changes in the RTE admission guidelines. It resulted in the drop in number of RTE applications,” he said.
According to DPI sources, in the academic year 2018-19, across the state, 2.3 lakh students had applied for the 1.52 lakh seats made available under the RTE free quota. But this year, with the state government bringing amendment to the RTE admission rules, the number of seats has come down by around 95% to around 5,000.
Shyamala Sukumar, a parent from Saraswatipuram in Mysuru, said the government must open its eyes to the plight of students and their parents, atleast now. “I also wanted to apply for an RTE seat. But there are no seats in good private schools. That is why I didn’t apply,” she said.
Big loss to cyber centres
It is the cyber centre owners who are feeling the heat of this reduction in number of applications. “Last year, I was working till midnight to fill RTE applications online. But this year, there are hardly any parents coming to apply for the RTE seats online,” said Manjula A Rao, a cyber centre owner on MG Road.
RTE Seats In Mysuru
Mysuru Rural
Total RTE seats: 42
No of applications received: 10
Mysuru South
Total RTE seats: 221
No of applications received: 892
Mysuru North
Total RTE seats: 415
No of applications received: 1,700
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