New Delhi: The Delhi High Court verdict that the Right to Education (RTE) Act is not applicable to nursery admission in unaided private schools has been challenged in the Supreme Court. An NGO, Social Jurist, has approached the apex court, saying that the high court erred in law in holding that the Act applied only in the matter of admission of children between the age of 6 years to 14 years and is not applicable to nursery admission.
"The Delhi High Court has clearly erred in law in holding that the provisions of Section 13 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 apply only in the matter of admission of the children between the age of 6 years to 14 years and are not applicable to the admission of children below 6 years in unaided private schools," the NGO submitted in its petition.
"Section 13 of the Act was formulated in the context of rampant screening practices being adopted by the private unaided schools in nursery admissions which had resulted in a comprehensive round of litigation in the high court. It was to correct this mischief that the said provision was incorporated," the petition said while challenging the high court verdict.
The high court had passed the verdict on February 19, holding that the Right to Education (RTE) Act and subsequent government notifications were not applicable to nursery admissions in unaided private schools. It had, however, asked the Centre to consider amending
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11:27 PM, Jan 29, 2013
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05:35 PM, Jan 28, 2013
The Delhi Education Minister has taken note of the CNN-IBN expose showing schools flouting norms in nursery admissions. ...
02:26 PM, Feb 01, 2012
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10:43 PM, Jan 31, 2012
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08:33 PM, Jan 31, 2012
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08:41 AM, Jan 03, 2012
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09:01 AM, Jan 02, 2012
As schools display admission lists online, parents complain that websites hang due to traffic. ...
02:04 PM, Feb 01, 2011
Aruna Chopra highlights the problems she faces over nursery admissions even when they apply under EWS quota. ...
12:14 PM, Jan 14, 2011
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10:15 PM, Dec 06, 2010
HRD Ministry recommended Delhi Govt to increase the age of admission. ...
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The language of education in state board schools is Kannada. ...
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Brand value and quality of private schools come at a price. ...
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The race is on for securing the best school for children. ...
11:10 PM, Dec 16, 2009
Nursery admissions for the next academic year have started. ...
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