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Seats for poor in private schools, court asks AP, Telangana govt
Both the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments were asked by the High Court at Hyderabad on Monday to spell out in detail what measures they were going to take to implement the provisions under the Right to Education Act, especially regarding providing 25 per cent seats in private educational institutions to the economically weaker sections.
Hyderabad: Both the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments were asked by the High Court at Hyderabad on Monday to spell out in detail what measures they were going to take to implement the provisions under the Right to Education Act, especially regarding providing 25 per cent seats in private educational institutions to the economically weaker sections.
A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Dilip B Bhosale and Justice P Naveen Rao gave this direction on Monday, while hearing PIL petitions on the issue. It expressed disappointment at the lack of action on the part of governments despite its earlier order to issue circulars to the schools directing them to implement the Act.
It also commented that most of the private schools were not implementing the 25 per cent quota for the economically poor because they wanted to collect donations, which the poor cannot pay. Both the governments' counsels told the court that they would issue the circulars shortly.
