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| 25% free seats be given to poor students by private schools: Harsh Dev Singh | | Both RTE, RTI Acts being brazenly violated in J&K’ | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 31: Chairman NPP Harsh Dev Singh has said that despite the Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009 having become applicable to the UT of J&K, the present regime continues with its unabated violation thereby depriving the prospective beneficiaries of the benefits envisaged under the said Act.
Expressing dismay over the gross defiance shown by the govt in implementing the most revolutionary provisions of the Act, former Education Minister said that it only demonstrated the derision and contempt of the present rulers for the beneficial laws and educational reforms in the new UT. Not only have the most revolutionary provisions of the RTE Act been violated with impunity by the education department but the private schools also seem to have been granted immunity from observing the mandatory provisions of the Act in view of a well knit nexus operational in the system.
“Not only that, the education department had refused to reply to repeated RTI applications seeking the progress with regard to implementation of RTE Act in J&K. It had made the most contemptuous mockery of both the Acts by denying reply under RTI Act only to conceal its lapses under the RTE Act,” said Singh.
Singh expressed his shock over the collection of huge fee and other charges by the government from students of class-I to class-VIII in the form of admission school improvement fund, Red Cross Fund, mutual benefits fund, games fund, printing fund and many other funds adding that all this is being done in brazen violation of the provisions of the RTE Act. He sought the refund of all fee charged from students by govt as well as private schools for the last two years as per the mandate of RTE Act and also for the reason that there has been hardly any academic activity in the schools.
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