RTE: Hopes pile on second round of notification on seat allotment

After completion of the first round of admission for students into private unaided schools under 25 per cent reservation under RTE Act, the department of public instructions is gearing up for the much expected second round of admission for remaining reserved seats across the state probably from this week.

In the first round of admission process for the seats allotted in the online lottery conducted on March 11 has been completed on March 31.

Under 25 per cent reservation, out of 1,11,329 allotted seats, 1,02,150 seats were allotted in the first round.

Out of this, admission is over for 77,902 seats and 3,516 applications were rejected for various reasons. In DK, out of 2,125 reserved seats, 1,860 have been allotted in the first round and 1,658 students have been admitted. Around 35 applications have been rejected.

Though the second round of admission was scheduled from April 1, it was delayed not only by series of holidays, but also because of the extension of the deadline for the first round to March 31 from March 20. Speaking to Deccan Herald, Mangaluru North education block official said that notification on second round of allotment would be sent by the State in this week, subsequently the admission process would begin. Most of the things happen in state-level and schools have to upload information on admission on daily basis.

Preference-changes  
Officials say that first preference would be given to children who couldn’t get seat in the first round, if they are eligible according to the RTE norms.

The department has also made some relaxation in the age limit. Now, for pre-primary kids, the maximum age limit is four year, nine months and for Class one, it is six year, nine months. First preference would be given to those have income between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 2.5 lakh. Later, those who have income upto Rs 3.50 lakh will get opportunity.
The department has also directed schools to consider schools within a radius of five kilo metres. “We will put our best efforts to achieve 100 per cent admission under RTE Act for the first time,” he said.

Anyhow, the introduction of online system in RTE and with smaller changes like multiple choices of schools, the department has overcome problems like delay in admission process and rejection of more applications. If there is no technical hurdle, most of the beneficiaries would get second choice this time.