As many as 40 private schools have been identified in Chikmagalur taluk under the Right to Education Act. The process of admission has been started in these schools.
Minority and residential schools are not under the purview of the Act. However in remaining private schools, 75 per cent seats can be filled by the management while 25 per cent seats will be reserved as government seats, which will be filled through Department Public Instruction. Of the 25 seats nine seats will be given to SC/ST students, 16 seats for other boackward community kids including disabled, child labour, orphans, migrants kids etc.
Meeting of head teachers of private schools have been held and information on the Act has been given. Parents can submit their applications at schools identified under the Act. In case the applications are not accepted then the parents can bring the issue to the notice of the Block Education Officer, said Block Education Officer Nagesh adding that applications must be submitted before May 30 as scrutiny of applications will be conducted from May 30 to June 5 so as to release the final list on June 10.
He said that if one reserved seat gets more than one application then draw will be held in front of the parents. There is provision for inter changing of SC/ST quota seats.
Schools identified
Giri Convent-Kaimara, Machagondanahalli Vimochana School and JVS School, Thogarihangal Arunodaya school, Marle Kalikamba School, Aldoor Sushikshitha School and Akshara Public school, Lakya Navodaya School, Sindhigere Basaveshwara School, Kalasapura Navodaya school, Mallandur Chirantha, Mallenahalli Deviramma School, Aldoor Manasa, Chikmagalur Kuvempu Vidyaniketan, Chikmagalur Housing Board Extension Sumeeth School, Kurubarahalli Taralabalu school, Chikmagalur Jnana bharati, Eureka Academy, Manjushree Gurukula, Jnana Rashmi, Model English Medium School, Vasavi school, JVS, mahila Ashram, Bhuvanendra, Gaurikaluve Gurukula Samsthe, Beluru Road Bharathi School, Gavanahalli Praksurti Academy, AIT Primary School, Snjeevani, Kalyana Nagar JVS, TMS, Shankaravidya Madir, Vidyanagar The Pride, SDM, Pavithravana Gurusiddarameshwara school, Vishwavidyanilaya school, Siragapura Sai International School, Tegoor Maharshi Vidyamandir have been identified under the Act.