This was said by the district magistrate Sanjay Singh, at a review meet held on Sunday.

According to him so far only 23 schools have submitted the compliance report, while other schools have been redirected to abide by the directive to reserve 25 per cent seats for the underprivileged children in their schools and submit a report by March 31.

But the president of Association of Heads of Christian Schools (AHCS), Alfred George D Rozario has been quoted as saying that “now when we have announced our admission lists for Montessori sections and Class I, there is still a lot of hue and cry over it. Many schools have issued their admission list on their website apprehending ruckus on their premises. Anguished parents, whose children have not been selected through this random selection procedure, are now threatening to lodge complaints with the Child Rights Protection Commission constituted under RTE.”

He further added that the schools are still in a dilemma over the definition of underprivileged.

The chairperson of Child Rights Protection Commission (CRPC), Bihar, Nisha Jha accepted that she had received several written complaints from aggrieved parents citing flaws in the admission process.

The CRPC is again organizing a meeting on Monday with the aggrieved parents and school managements to decide on the admission criteria.

However, the made it clear that schools had already been given a clear cut directive on underprivileged quota and there was no scope for any ambiguity.

They should admit candidates from SC/ST and OBC section of the society and these children should be residents of localities falling under a radius of one to three km of the school concerned.

Upon this a principal asked as to who would certify the accuracy of the residential address of the child filled up in the admission form.

The schools have also been asked not to wait for the Supreme Court directive and implement RTE at the earliest.

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