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Probe ordered into complaint of discrimination against RTE students in Barwani school

Barwani: A probe was ordered on Friday on a complaint against a CBSE-affiliated private school in Niwali tehsil of Barwani. The school allegedly did not allow poor tribal children admitted through Right to Education (RTE) sit with regular students. District Education Officer and district project convenor (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan) in Barwani formed a five-member committee to investigate the complaint of rule violation and discrimination against tribal children admitted through RTE. The committee will submit inquiry report within three days. Niwali block resource coordinator Mahendra Singh Rathore told TOI that as per the complaint of 13 tribal parents of Merkhedi village, the private school run under CBSE in English medium operates from 8 am to 1 pm. The children admitted under RTE were being called to school after 1pm for the last one year. The parents said that holding separate classes in the afternoon was against the rules and it prevented students from participating in morning prayers and extracurricular activities. They also complained that the school was charging fees and then providing uniforms and books. Rathore said that the matter was reported to district project convener and other senior officials and the complaint was made to district collector, district education officer, block education officer, tehsildar, block resource coordinator, and SDMs of Pansemal and Sendhwa. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Is it legal? How to get Internet without paying a subscription? Techno Mag Learn More Undo Tribal leaders and public representatives visited the school on Friday and demanded a high-level inquiry into the matter. One of the directors of the school, Piyush Sharma, told TOI, "Since the children were from rural backgrounds, they did not know Hindi or English, so the teachers had difficulty in explaining things to them. As such, their timing was separated. After the protest by the parents, they have now been made to sit with all other children." He termed the allegations of discrimination as wrong and said that the children of higher classes admitted through RTE study together.