Times of India: Gurugram: Monday, June 12, 2017.
Huda has
sought details of children who have been enrolled at various private schools
located on its plots across Gurgaon.
In its
directive issued a couple of days ago, Huda asked 140-odd private schools
including nursery, primary, secondary and higher secondary to share details of
their students, like date of admission, address and economic background, among
others, so as to find out if they are following all rules.
Officials
said Huda had given plots to those private schools at cheaper rates with the
conditions that the schools would have to reserve 20% of the seats for poor
children and give preference to children living in the schools' vicinity. To
ensure proper implementation of the conditions, Huda had also made it mandatory
to include at least one Huda representative in the school managing committee.
"I filed
an RTI application and found out that most of the schools are not providing 20%
free seats to EWS/BPL students," said RTI activist Harinder Dhingra.
"We have
been receiving complaints against the private schools, mainly related to
violation of the quota rule. Thus, we have asked all schools to share details
of their students," said a senior Huda official. "Action would be
taken, if any school is found to be violating norms."
School
managements, however, blamed the Huda for the discrepancies. "Huda
representatives are supposed to monitor implementation of the rules. But, we
have not received any name of representative from Huda," said the
principle of a private school in Sector 45.
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