Pune: Response to RTE seats in the state, although the date of confirmation of receipt of the 25% quota chair which was revised three times, it has been very poor.
There were nearly 26,000 empty seats in Maharashtra of a total of 96,684 total seats.
The deadline for confirming the seat has passed.
This year, the RTE seat in Maharashtra fell by almost 8-9% and the education department had struggled to get confirmation for even the first round of allotment.
Educational activist Randhir Vishwasrao said parents preferred to take a drop because of the virtual classroom this year.
“It’s logical for parents, especially children in the pre-primary section to pass this year’s acceptance as children in the age group of four to seven years find it difficult to attend online classes.
Many of these parents don’t even have a smartphone to be given to their children and many more will migrate to their home cities and receive entrance tickets in nearby government schools where free education.
“The lottery was announced two months ago and parents were given time with three extensions of deadlines for Confirm receipt at the school allocated.
Last year, there were almost 1.15 lakh seats for RTE which had been reduced to 96,000 this year.
This year’s rationing was announced by the Directorate of Basic Education for 82,000 seats but many seats remained empty.
“We want each student to get our chance and efforts to ensure that every student who is given in.
Parents are being sent an SMS to remind them of reception confirmation.
There are three rounds for parents to confirm receipt,” said the Director of Basic Education, Dattatraya Jagtap.
The process will last for 20 days.