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Poor? This school is not for you
Updated On: 12 January, 2014 12:43 PM IST | | Sujit Mahamulkar
<p>Residents of several slums in Andheri allege the English medium Barfiwala High School is refusing to enroll their children, even though the school is just a few hundred metres from their homes and instead admitting children of affluent families, who live several kilometres away. School authorities deny the allegation, say they are not flouting the RTE Act</p>

Mumbai school, Andheri, Barfiwala High School, discrimination against the poor, slum dwellers
When three-year-old Aaryz Ahmed’s father wanted to enroll him in the nearby English medium school, he was in for a shock.The slum dweller was turned down, even though he lived next to the school. Yet the school in question is still happily enrollingstudents from affluent families who live miles away.

Arif Ahmed, father of Aaryz. Pic/Satyajit Desai
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