Unhappy with the admission process at the pre-primary schools this year, an NGO, Forum for Fairness in Education (FFE), has sent a legal notice to the Chief Minister and School Education Minister of Maharashtra and Deputy Director of School Education.
FFE alleges that despite the tall claims made by the state government to curb the malpractices during admission process in pre-primary schools, no action has been taken against schools conducting admissions based on the interviews of students and their parents.
“Even this year, around 85 per cent schools have openly conducted interviews for students and their parents. Admission procedure for pre-primary was started in the month of October last year and will be completed by February 15. My client states that surprisingly one of the schools had asked parents to get a Character Clearance Certificate from the local police station. Despite all this malpractices highlighted in media across the state, the government has failed to take any stringent action against such schools,” said Jayant Jain, President of FFE, and parents associated with it have demanded strict action against schools conducting interviews and written test of students as well as parents for admission and schools collecting donations during admissions etc.
Jain added, “On one hand, the state asks parents to come forward and file complaints against such schools and on the other the authorities refuse to accept complaints citing this section does not come under their purview. I was left with no option but to take judicial help to stop this. Through this legal notice dated February 7, we have given the state government 15 days to act on the matter or we will approach the court.”
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