Rajasthan to open about 2,700 govt-aided English medium schools, says education minister

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government would open more than 2,000 government-aided English medium schools in the state in the coming days, education minister BD Kalla said during an event in Jaipur on Friday.
“Due to the continuous initiative, efforts and educational innovations of the state government in the field of school education, the quality of government schools in the state is continuously improving. The government has opened about 2,700 English medium schools in the state. We would open 2,000 more such schools in the coming days,” said Kalla.
During this event, Kalla conducted an online lottery to admit students under the Right To Education (RTE) scheme - in 32,722 non-government schools of the state.
Under this scheme, in these private schools, 25% of the total seats are allotted under RTE scheme for students of pre-primary to Class-1. The fees for these students are being reimbursed by the state government.
“Parents can see the school-wise priority list issued by the lottery by clicking on the link of ‘Preference List’ on the home page of the private school portal https://rajpsp.nic.in, Since 2012-2013, more than nine lakh students of the state got direct benefit of this scheme,” stated a government press release.
Reacting to the lottery conducted on Friday, members of guardians’ associations the stated, only a section of the students would be able to avail this scheme.
“The government had conducted lottery for around 2 lakh seats at 37,354 non-government schools. However, the number of students applied for this scheme is more than two-and-half times the number of available seats," said, Abhishek Jain Bittu - the state spokesperson of United Guardian Association.