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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The University of Oxford has been forced to review its post-graduate admissions policy after it was accused by a student of discriminating against the poor. Damien Shannon, 26, had sued St Hugh's College at the world-renowned university, for "selecting students on the basis of wealth and excluding those not in possession of it". "St Hugh's College and Damien Shannon are pleased to announce that they have resolved the dispute between...
07:38 PM, Mar 23, 2013
The Delhi High Court has reserved its order on a PIL over nursery admissions in private schools in Delhi. On Wednesday, the Centre informed the court that Right To Education Act was not applicable for children below the age of six under the general category. ...
04:34 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Uncertainty continues over nursery admissions in Delhi. Parents who braved long queues are now caught in a fix after the Delhi High Court's decision that its verdict is enforceable from the 2013-14 session itself. ...
09:55 AM, Feb 05, 2013
The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on the nursery admission row in a few days. Written arguments from the petitioner have been submitted in court. ...
01:10 PM, Feb 04, 2013
The hearing in the Delhi nursery admissions row has been postponed till Wednesday. There remains uncertainty over admissions this year as the High Court has stayed the process until it takes a final decision in the matter. ...
11:27 PM, Jan 29, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered private schools in Delhi to not allow nursery admissions till it gives a final verdict on the validity of government's 2010 notification and whether it follows the Right to Education Act. "Schools cannot formulate their own admission policies," the court further ordered. ...
05:35 PM, Jan 28, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said the Centre and the city government cannot "dilute" the the Right to Education Act by allowing unaided private schools to formulate their own criteria for nursery admissions. "You (HRD Ministry and Delhi government) cannot the dilute the provision of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (commonly referred to as Right To Education). By allowing them (schools) to formulate their...
08:58 PM, Jan 23, 2013
IBN Network expose nails two of Delhi's top school chains for selling nursery seats even before admissions begin. ...
11:44 PM, Dec 11, 2012
As admission season is around, CNN-IBN takes a look at some unusual career options for those who want to walk the road less taken. ...
01:40 PM, Jul 23, 2012
The IIT admission process has been revamped, giving importance to the board results. Will coaching classes help anymore? ...
11:00 PM, Jul 06, 2012
New Delhi: With two rounds of admissions already complete, several colleges of Delhi University were still open to admissions in popular courses, but the third cut off list declared on Monday night showed a marginal to negligible drop. As many as 23 colleges were still offering admissions in the much in demand B Com (hons) course. While most of the colleges were off campus colleges, Hans Raj, Ramjas and Sri...
12:21 AM, Jul 03, 2012
New Delhi: Several students seeking admission in the OBC category have turned out disappointed at Delhi University's Ramjas college, and have alleged discrepancies in admissions. A number of student groups on Monday held protest outside the college and took up the issue with the authorities, asking them to ensure uniformity in taking admissions. Several students from the reserved category have alleged that the college was admitting all students who meet...
06:45 PM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: The cut-off percentages for admission to popular courses in Delhi University did not show any remarkable drop in its second list on Thursday night and 14 colleges even declared admissions to B Com (Hons) course closed. While admissions to B Com (Hons) was still open in several colleges after three days of admission, the cut-off percentage dropped only marginally. In Hindu College, which had put its first cut-off...
12:10 AM, Jun 29, 2012
The first cut-off lists for 2012 are out and in some relief for the students, there is no 100 per cent cut off this year. ...
03:38 PM, Jun 26, 2012
As the admission season begins across the country, CNN-IBN's show Campus Calling 2012 answers your queries related to the what, where, how and when of it. ...
05:51 PM, Jun 22, 2012
Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal has made it clear that there is no going back on the new entrance test format for all the engineering institutes including the IITs. In an interview with CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, he defended the new format saying it would help improve the declining school standards and will also help more girl students get into the IITs considering they do well in...
09:30 AM, Jun 21, 2012
Kolkata: The admission process for enrolment in B.Sc.(Honours), B.A.(Honours), B.Ed, M.A., M.Phil and Library Science has started at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Candidates aspiring to join this centre of excellence may log on to http://juadmissions.org/ to register and apply. The university, one of the top centres of learning in India, usually asks selected students to sit for a written test. Pupils from all over India come to study at Jadavpur University....
02:50 PM, Jun 06, 2012
New Delhi: Talking on a general note, majority of us are confused by the cut-off system. As lay men, we understand it as "the minimum percentage of marks required for getting into our desired college/course". It denotes the least percentage point that will be accepted by a college for a given course. Well, the detailed terminology of the cut-off game is too vivid for just a school-passed student to grasp....
05:37 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Starting 2013, a joint entrance examination will be held for admission into the central funded engineering institutions such as IITs, NITs and IIITs. ...
11:36 PM, May 28, 2012
