Private unaided schools want exemption from RTE, RTI

Updated on: Monday, December 27, 2010

An umbrella organisation of private unaided schools in the country demanded bringing an amendment to the Right to Education Act to exempt them from the law to "ensure their autonomy".

The National Convention of Private Unaided Schools Associations in a resolution passed at a conference here said that the Act should not be applicable to unaided schools in the country.

The conference also passed another resolution stating that they should be exempted from disclosure of information under RTI and that government has no role in the inspection and audit of schools which do not get any aid from the government.

"It was unanimously resolved in the convention that the provisions of Right to Information Act are not applicable on the unaided private schools and, therefore, the government departments should not entertain any applications made under the Act," said a release issued by the organisation.

The organisation also demanded that taxes like property tax, water and electricity charges should be levied at highly concessional rates and not on commercial rates as private schools are run on "no profit no loss basis".

Earlier speaking at the conference, Union Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid hoped that genuine grievances of the private schools will be looked into by the Union HRD Ministry.

"There may be areas in which you would like more work to be done. I am sure (HRD Minister) Kapil Sibal will be willing to hear you, willing to respond and willing to take steps necessary to improve upon basic structure of the legislation," he said.

Private unaided schools want exemption from RTE, RTI

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