Parents of students who are Right to Education (RTE) applicants had just thought that after facing a flawed online admission system, it would be smooth sailing from now. But Malad’s St Joseph School made that a pipe dream. The school refused
to admit 50 children, saying their residences were farther from the school than the permitted 3-km limit under the Act.
While here the school is saying the children’s houses are not close to the school, the parents’ argument is that if that was the case, the education department wouldn’t have allotted them to the school.

Angry parents had gathered outside the school yesterday after attempting to resolve the issue for a week.
Pic/Nimesh Dave