It has been four months since admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) quota were put on the back burner, leaving the fate of over 1,400 children hanging in the balance. With the number of underprivileged students missing out on schooling opportunities escalating with each passing year, it looks like the RTE Act has failed to deliver.

According to the figures made public by the BMC in the first week of April, seats were allotted to 2,593 of the 4,000 students who applied during the first round of admission under the RTE. Their application forms were divided between 190 pre-primary schools and 255 primary schools (across various boards).