Private schools directed to follow RTE guidelines in Odisha

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The Odisha government has asked Private schools in Koraput district to follow the Right to Education (RTE) Act guidelines.

Recently, the district administration organized a meeting in this regard in which principals of over 80 private schools participated

The meeting included a detailed presentation on the Act followed by a question and answer session, a district official said.

Instructions which private schools were asked to follow

"The private schools were asked to hang a board displaying details of the teachers appointed, including their educational qualification, and student strength apart from giving 25 per cent reservations to children belonging to economically-weaker sections," said official 

"The schools were also asked to write their name in Odia language and maintain the student-teacher ratio", they said.

The schools have been directed to take certain measures for the safety of the children and create a favourable environment for academic activities, Koraput district Collector Jaya Kumar V said.