Of the 2.74 lakh applications received for admissions under the RTE quota in private schools for the 2016-2017 academic year, nearly 1.17 lakh may be rejected by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) as there are errors in the online application form filled by parents.
The department, after verification of documents, had found that out of the total 2.74 lakh applications, there were discrepancies in 1.31 lakh applications. “We sent messages to all the parents asking them to make the changes and rectify the details in application form or of their documents. But, only 14,000 applicants have rectified their details and are eligible to get admissions under the quota,” a source in the department said. Following this, the department has extended the last date to make changes until April 15 from the April 10 deadline.
Some of the errors made by the applicants include providing document of the mother and providing the father’s name, or vice versa; spelling errors; providing Aadhaar card details after choosing to provide their EPIC details, and vice versa.
This year, the department had asked respective agencies to verify income, caste, Aadhaar cards and Electoral Photo Identity Cards. Prior to this, the DPI officials had to physically verify these documents.
Online glitches
2.74 lakh applications were received for 1.15 lakh seats
Only 1.44 lakh applications valid
1.3 lakh applicants received SMS about errors in documents, application forms
Only 14,000 parents responded to rectify errors
Published - April 12, 2016 12:00 am IST
