In a false admission case under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, parents of 63 students in a private school accepted submitting fake documents at a private school in Ahmedabad’s Ghatlodiya.
The parents of students of Kalorex Future School were summoned to the office of the district education officer (DEO) on Friday where they admitted fake admissions of their children.
These students, studying in Class 1 to 6 will face cancellation of admissions at the end of the year.
Every year, schools submit names of suspicious admissions under RTE to DEO. Last year, around 300 fake RTE admissions were witnessed in Ahmedabad.
By the end of this year, over 50 students were under the radar of school administration over fake RTE admissions.
The RTE provides free education for needy and underprivileged students from classes 1 to 8 in 13 categories, based on merit and income criteria.
Many parents were found to be submitting false income certificates to get their children admitted under RTE. To address this issue, the government made it mandatory to attach income tax return proof along with the RTE form two years ago.