endriya Vid yalaya schools in Tamil Nadu have not admitted a single student under the Right to Education (RTE) Act this academic year.

Deccan chroncile, chennai edition, 24/06/2010 page no.4

Kendriya Vid yalaya schools in Tamil Nadu have not admitted a single student under the Right to Education (RTE) Act this academic year.

Even though 25 per cent of seats in KV schools have been reserved for the civil category for people living within a 3 km radius of the schools under the Right to Education Act, the response to an RTI query has revealed that no admissions were made under the quota in KVs in the state this year.

“The admissions are being made as per the KVS admission guidelines,” KVS public information officer said in reply to the RTI petition filed by activist V. Gopalakrishnan seeking information regarding admissions made under the RTE Act for classes 1 to 5 for the academic year 2010-11.

“Though the Act came into force from April 1 this year, the KVs which are

headed by the Union human resources development ministry have failed to implement the legislation," Mr Gopalakrishnan said.

"The indifferent attitude of the Central and the state government in implementing the Act defeats the very purpose of enacting legislation to make education a fundamental right of every child." It may be noted that Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal abolished the MPs' quota of nominating two students each for admission to the Kendriya Vidyalayas, but following the disapproval from some section of MPs, he restored it