New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday issued notice to the central government and chairman of Delhi Public School (DPS) Society on a plea alleging that one of its schools had deprived poor students of quality education by ignoring the right to education (RTE) law.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru also issued notice to the Delhi government and chief of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and sought their response by September 18.
The petition sought a direction to the society’s school in Noida to impart free and compulsory education to the poor students in accordance with RTE law. The petition was filed by a group of parents of poor students of DPS sector 30 Noida.
The parents alleged that the school had segregated the poor students from the classes held for other children. The plea alleged that the poor students were discriminated against from others on issue of text books, uniforms, library facilities and extra curricular activities.
The petitioner said that a complaint was made to Noida police February 2 and a representation was also given to the child rights panel February 5, but nothing much had changed.
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