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Punjab orders closure of 473 private schools
Thursday April 18, 2013 10:38:09 AM,
IANS
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Chandigarh: The
Punjab government has ordered closure of 473 private schools after
they failed to implement norms of the right to education (RTE)
act, a minister said Wednesday.
Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the non-affiliated
private schools have been asked to wind up their operations
immediately.
"The Punjab government had been sympathetic towards these
educational institutions for long. They had been time and again
requested to adhere to the RTE act but they were in denial mode in
implementing the RTE norms," Maluka said.
He said that these schools were bound to get affiliations under
the RTE norms for free and compulsory education.
"This forced the state government to take strict action against
all these money-making institutions," the minister said.
He added that nearly 37,813 students of these schools will be
given admissions in government-run schools.
The minister also said instructions have been issued to the
director general school education to ensure closure of these
private schools.
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