
‘A.P. in list of States not implementing RTE Act’
The Hindu
Striving to ensure 25% seats for poor in private schools, say officials
The School Education Department in the State is working on the modalities for implementing reservation of 25% seats in private schools for children belonging to the Economically Weaker Sections as stipulated by the Right to Education (RTE) Act, from the next academic year.
Sources in the department said that a meeting held recently and attended by all the allied departments, discussed threadbare key aspects like identification of the beneficiary children, collection of the data and the cost incurred by the State government on each child’s education. “We have asked the IT wing to develop a web portal for the purpose,” said an official.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.