PROCEEDINGS OF GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA. ‘Sub: Admission of children belonging to disadvantaged group and weaker section under section 12(1) (c) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education act 2009, in unaided non-minority schools. Read: 1) The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act- 2009. 2) The Karnataka Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules 2012. 3) Proceedings of the High Power Committee meeting held Under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to Government of Karnataka on 05-05-2012. 4) Government NOTIFICATION No: ED 27 MAHITI 2012, Dated:08-05-2012. 5) Circular issued by the Commissioner for Public Instruction, Bangalore No: RTE/01/2012-13. Dated:10-05-2012. 6) Go No: ED 27 MAHITI 2012. Dated: 18-03-2013. 7) Commissioner of Public Instruction, Bangalore letter no. C7 (8)/ PraShiAa/RTE/Dakhalathi/473/2015-16; Dated: 21-01-2016. Preamble: The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009, read at (1) above came into force throughout the country on 01-04-2010 as per the Government of India Notification No. S.0. 427(E) Dated: 16-02-2010. In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 38 of the RTE Act 2009, the Government of Karnataka issued notification No: ED 77 YOYOKA 2010 dated: 28-04-2012 framing Rules read at (2) above to implement the said Act. High Power Committee meeting held on 05-05-2012 read at (3) above, under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to Government of Karnataka for implementation of the Karnataka Right of Children to Free and Compulsory _ Education Rules 2012, suggested guidelines for implementation of the said act. Government issued a notification read at (4) above fixing the maximum per child cost of Rs. 11,848/- (Rupees Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Eight Only) to Children admitted to Primary classes and Rs. 5924/- (Rupees Five Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty Four only) to Children admitted to Pre-primary classes. Detailed guidelines were issued vide circular dated: 10-05-2012 read at (5) above, explaining the process of admission in un-aided non-minority schools.Government issued order dated:18-03-2013 read at (6) above identifying the disadvantaged group and weaker section and fixing the maximum annual income limit up to Rs. 3.5 lakhs. Applications have been received from the public to consider the criterion of BPL for allotment of seats under RTE Quota. Many circulars have been issued from time to time about the entry class, admissible age, neighbourhood etc. In view of the experiences during the course of implementation of RTE Act, it is felt necessary to revise circulars and Government Orders and to issue comprehensive order for effective implementation of the RTE Act-2009. In the letter read at (7) above the Commissioner of Public Instruction, has sent a proposal to government to modify the Age of the child, Neighbourhood and Disadvantaged group & weaker section accordingly the following order. In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 35 of the RTE Act 2009 (Central Act 35 of 2009) the Government of Karnataka issues following guidelines superseding such of the previous circulars and Government orders, which are contrary to this order. GOVERNMENT ORDER NO: ED 51 PGC 2016 (P). DATED:08-02-2016. Under the circumstances explained above, following guidelines are issued relating to admissible age, neighbourhood, selection process for admission of children under section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act 2009. The schools claiming minority educational institution status should be required to upload the copy of the certificate from the competent authority. Copies of all such certificates should be sent to Director (Urdu and Other Minority Language) for verification and confirmation within a week. All such schools having valid certificates from competent authority shall be outside the purview of RTE quota. Age of the child Under Section 3 of the RTE Act, Free and Compulsory Education is for Children in the age group of 6-14 years. But Sections 11 and 12 of the said Act makes provision for pre-school education where a school specified in clause (n) of Section (2) imparts pre-school education, the provisions of clauses (a) to (c) shall apply for admission to such pre-school education. Hence the state hereby declares that 3 years 10 months to 4 years 10 months for entry to LKG, & 5years 10 months to 6 years 10 months for entry to 1 standard as on 1* of June of the Academic Year as per the provisions of Section 20 of the Karnataka Education Act-1983 R/W the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act-2009. This age limit applies from the year 2016-17 to children seeking admission under section 12(1)(c) of the said Act. Neighbour hood The provision regarding neighbourhood schools as specified in Rule-4 of the Karnataka Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules-2012 apply to such admissions. In case of rural area 1 k.m from the habitation/village for classes 1 to 5 and in urban area, the area of the neighbourhood shall be the area of ward notified for the purpose of governance of the local authority. Distance of 1 km will not apply in urban area. Parents residing in the neighbourhood can apply maximum five schools giving preference only to schools located in the neighbourhood. Admission under RTE quota can be sought only in a neighbourhood school. In urban areas, a municipal ward constitutes the neighbourhood, whereas in rural area of 01 km from a habitation or village will constitute the neighbourhood. For the purpose of mapping in the software, habitation or a village in rural area and ward in urban area can be taken as the neighbourhood. In urban areas if a ward has government school, aided school and unaided RTE quota school (ie, unaided school not having minority educational institution status), the parents residing in that ward may seek admission for their children in any of such schools in that ward including admission in the unaided school under RTE quota. If a ward does has only government school and / or aided school but does not has an unaided RTE quota school, the parents residing in that ward cannot seek admission for their children under RTE quota in any unaided school outside that ward. Only in the event of ward not having any school, the parents residing in that ward may seek admission for their children under RTE quota in an unaided school in neighbouring ward.Norms prescribed above for mapping, admission in the neighbourhood in urban areas will apply to mapping, admission in schools located in a habitation or a village in rural areas. Income Proof Income proof should be submitted only by the parents not belonging to Scheduled caste or Scheduled Tribe or Category-I Communities. Parents belonging to scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe or Category-| Shall submit caste certificate. Residential Proof For the purpose of establishing place of residence of parents they should furnish details (number, address, and locality) of their EPIC Card (Election Photo Identity Card) or Aadhar Card or Aadhar enrollment Acknowledgement Slip. No other document for establishing residence should be accepted. Parents should not be asked to upload copies of above indicated document for residence proof or income certificate for income proof. Instead they can provide the details of the same in online form. There after the department, with the help of NIC should organize verification of the data in batch mode from UIDAI, office of the Chief Electoral Officer and database of Atal Jana Snehi Kendras. If the parents uploaded any incorrect information and the same is found in the batch mode verification, they should be informed through SMS on their mobile phones giving 3 to 5 days time to carry out the corrections online. idvantaged Group & Weaker Section For the above purpose the government notifies that the child belonging to disadvantaged group shall include; 1. Orphan HIV affected/infected child Transgender Child with special needs Migrant and street child Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Category | ). Category IA 10. Category II B 11.Category Ill A 12.Category Ill B PYN pexayVarious castes/tribes constituting categories, mentioned in SI. No. 6 to SI.No. 12, shall be as prescribed by Social Welfare Department from time to time. Children belonging to categories cited at SI. No. 1 to 5 residing in the neighbourhood shall be given admission directly under RTE quota at the 1* instance before going to lottery process. The Government further notifies that the child belonging to weaker section means, child belonging to all other castes & communities residing in Karnataka excluding those categorized as disadvantaged group and whose parents or guardians annual income is less than Rs. 3.5 lakhs (Rupees Three lakhs and Fifty Thousand) Selection Process Unaided schools shall earmark at-least 25% of their strength of the entry class as on 30" September of the previous year in conformity with figures mentioned in UDISE. Out of 25% of the seats, 7.5% of seats shall be provided to children belonging to Scheduled Caste and 1.5% of seats to Children belonging to Scheduled Tribe. The balance of 16% seats shall be provided to other Categories of children belonging to disadvantaged group and children belonging to weaker sections living in the neighbourhood. Parents seeking admission under RTE quota have to apply through online. Those who have no access to internet can approach with required documents either the Head Teacher or the Block Education Officer concerned and get their application processed through online. Applications received shall be scrutinized through software in batch mode electronically and SMS shall be sent to the parents concerned in batch mode to rectify the mistakes, either through internet directly or through the jurisdictional Block Education Officer, within the stipulated time. Parents can approach the jurisdictional Block Education Officer with required documents for rectification of those mistakes which cannot be rectified through software. After causing thorough verification of relevant documents, the BEO concerned shall upload the entries. List of eligible candidates shall be generated through online software. While considering the applications of children belonging to Disadvantaged Group & Weaker Section, the applications of children whose parents’ or guardian’s annual income is equal to or less than Rs. 01 lakh shall 5be given 1* preference. If seats are available, 2" preference shall be given to. the applications of children whose parents’ or guardian’s annual income is above Rs. 01 lakh but below Rs 3.5 lakhs. If sufficient number of applications from children belonging to SC has not been received, then those seats shall be filled from among children belonging to ST and vice versa. If the SC & ST quota remains unfilled, then it will be added to remaining categories of children belonging to disadvantaged group and weaker section as defined in Rule 2(e) & 2(f) of the Rules. In case, the seats earmarked for such other categories of children remain unfilled, those seats shall be filled from among children from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. The process of admission Under Section 12(1) (c) of the RTE Act is processed at district level through online lottery with the help of software developed for the purpose, in consultation with NIC. Maximum per Child Expenditure fixed in Government Notification No. ED 27 Mahiti 2012 Dated: 08-05-2012 read at (4) above continues till further orders. By order and in the name of the Governor of Karnataka, Tle (H.S. Honnegowda) Under Secretary to Government, see Education Department (Primary). To @ The Compiler Karnataka Gazette, Bangalore - for publication in the Gazette extra-ordinary and to supply 500 copies to Primary-A Section of Education Department, M.S. 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