Wednesday, September 19, 2012

25 % seat reserved for poor children in school

Right to eduction : Supreme Court affirm the rule that PRIVATE SCHOOL SHALL RESERVE 25% FOR POOR CHILDREN .
Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of provision related to securing the 25% seat in private school  of " Right to Education Act "  for poor children .A full bench headed by  Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.H. Kapadia , K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan , and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Swatanter Kumar  affirm the validity of  earlier  decision delivered on April 12,2012 and held '25 % seat shall be reserved for poor children in every private school ' .full bench rejected the petition file be private school  .

"Chapter  IV  of  the  2009  Act  deals   with
    responsibilities of schools and teachers.  Section 12 (1)(c) read  with
    Section 2(n)(iii)  and  (iv)  mandates  that  every  recognised  school
    imparting elementary education, even if it is an  unaided  school,  not
    receiving any kind of aid or  grant  to  meet  its  expenses  from  the
    appropriate government or the local authority, is obliged to  admit  in
    Class I, to the extent of at least 25% of the strength of  that  class,
    children belonging to weaker section and  disadvantaged  group  in  the
    neighbourhood and provide free and compulsory elementary education till
    its completion. As per the proviso, if the  School  is  imparting  pre-
    school education, the same regime would apply.  By  virtue  of  Section
    12(2) the unaided school which has not  received  any  land,  building,
    equipment or other facilities, either free of cost or  at  concessional
    rate, would be entitled for reimbursement of the  expenditure  incurred
    by it to the extent of per child expenditure incurred by the State,  or
    the actual amount charged from the child, whichever is  less,  in  such
    manner as may be prescribed. "

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