AHMEDABAD: The state education department will soon start another round for admission under Right To Education (RTE) Act for 18,294 seats that fell vacant after the first round.
“Parents who have confirmed their admission in the first round but who want to change schools can do so between August 19 to August 21. The second round of admission will begin soon after this,” said an official close to the development.
The admissions will be held for 10,765 seats in Class 1 for English medium, 5,528 for Gujarati medium and 1,792 for Hindi medium, among others.
The admission process was carried out for 75,428 seats based on which the first list of 62,985 students was prepared. Students who have made it to the list were to confirm their admission by August 4.
Out of the 62,985 candidates who made it to the merit list after round one, 57,134 parents confirmed admission, said sources. Of the 26,000-odd applications that were rejected for admission to class 1 under the RTE Act, about 10,000 students have been shortlisted after they were allowed to re-apply.
The state education department had decided to give a second chance to students after complaints that many applications were rejected due to issues in documentation. About 26,000 applications were rejected during the document scrutiny process.
More than 1.81 lakh applications were received for admission to Class 1. According to the RTE Act, 25% of total school admissions in Class 1 should be reserved under RTE for underprivileged students.
