Starting 2013, Rs. 25,000 fine for schools found screening students

From the next academic year, schools found screening students at the time of admission will be fined Rs. 25,000, said state government officials.

From the next academic year, schools found screening students at the time of admission will be fined Rs. 25,000, said state government officials.

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The Right to Education (RTE) Act, which came into force in April 2010, prohibits schools from any screening such as holding tests or interviewing parents or child. If there is a second instance of a school found indulging in such practices, the fine would be Rs. 50,000.

Officials said schools would have to draw up an admission schedule and complete the process in that time.