NHRC issues notice to the Karnataka Government on vacant seats under RTE in schools
New Delhi, 30th August, 2013
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that 34 percent of seats including 37 thousand seats guaranteed for poor students, were lying vacant in the schools of Karnataka due to poor implementation of Right to Education of the children belonging to weaker sections.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the media report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of the Right to Education of the children belonging to weaker sections and issued notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, calling for a report within four weeks.
Reportedly, these seats were lying vacant as the children from weaker sections were subjected to discrimination.
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The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that 34 percent of seats including 37 thousand seats guaranteed for poor students, were lying vacant in the schools of Karnataka due to poor implementation of Right to Education of the children belonging to weaker sections.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the media report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of the Right to Education of the children belonging to weaker sections and issued notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, calling for a report within four weeks.
Reportedly, these seats were lying vacant as the children from weaker sections were subjected to discrimination.
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