Delhi govt decides to take over private schools for violating RTE norms

Source: Hindustan Times

The Delhi government has decided to take over the management of a private supported school in Punjabi Bagh after receiving complaints from parents about uninformed extra fees allegedly being charged in violation of the Right to Education (RTE) act, 2009.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the government alleged that Swami Sivananda Memorial School in Punjabi Bagh was also deliberately failing its students and asking them to repeat the same grade. “Considering the complaints of parents, Delhi government constituted an inquiry committee for this matter. The committee found insufficiencies in the functioning of the school and found that the issues raised by parents about the school are true. Upon presenting the report, the school management was given a chance to defend itself but they were unable to give any reasonable answers about the irregularities in its functioning,” the statement read.

“Considering the inadequacies and complaints which were found to be correct, Delhi government has decided to initiate the process of taking over the school management as per the provisions of Delhi School Education Act of 1973,” the statement added.

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