The 25 per cent reservation under the Right To Education Act (RTE) for economically weak students in private schools seems to have failed miserably, as only 38 per cent such admissions happened in the state this year.

In order to ensure that the scheme is successful in the next academic year, the state education department is currently working on a new model. u00a0“From next year, admissions under the new scheme are expected to be completed in the month of April itself,’ said state education director Dr Shridhar Salunke.u00a0