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Chhattisgarh’s ‘seat fill’ rate under RTE climbed by 14.5 per cent in three academic sessions since inception of MIS portal: Report

Effective implementation of RTE Act in Chhattisgarh boosted student enrollment

School Education Minister Dr Premsai Singh Tekam releases report “10 years of RTE 12 (1) (c) in Chhattisgarh”

Chhattisgarh witnessed 52,160 admissions under RTE despite Covid-19 crisis

Raipur, 23 December 2021/ The effective implementation of Right To Education (RTE) Act in Chhattisgarh has boosted the student enrollment over the years, with seat fill rate climbing by 14.5 per cent in three academic sessions since the inception of online MIS portal–established in 2017 for streamlining the admission process under RTE.

This was revealed in a report titled “10 years of RTE in Chhattisgarh” prepared by Indus Auction, a New-Delhi based NGO. The report was released by School Education Minister Dr Premsai Singh Tekam at his residence office here today. The success of the provision in increasing inclusion and also improving learning levels across categories of children has been accessed in this report.

“In 2019-20, the highest numbers of RTE seats were registered in Bilaspur while the seat fill rate has been topped by Mahasamund with 85 per cent in the same session”, the report stated.

The efforts made to promote girl education in Chhattisgarh has also yielded positive results, with the gender gap to total students ratio reduced from 10 per cent in 2010-11 to 3 per cent in 2019-20. Besides, even during the difficult times of corona pandemic, a total of 52,160 students of the state got admission under RTE in the academic year 2020-21.

Briefing about the objective of report, School Education Minister Dr Premsai Singh Tekam said “Chhattisgarh state has always excelled in the implementation of RTE Act. The report aims to uncover the 10-year journey of RTE in the state and has been prepared on the basis of information available on the RTE portal established in state. The report assesses improvement in the level of education and social inclusion of the children belonging to economically weaker, socially disadvantaged and deprived sections of the society, who are getting the benefit of this Act.”

“Also, based on the evaluation, some suggestions have been made on how existing processes can be improved and create other systems through which the objective of improving learning levels and inclusion can be achieved”, he added.

Currently, a total of 3, 01, 317 students continue to get education under RTE in Chhattisgarh. As per state’s RTE portal, 6511 private schools are registered under RTE with 83, 006 seats for the academic year 2021-22. With the completion of second and final round of lottery for AY 2021-22, as many as 47,382 admissions have been processed recording a fill rate of 53.6 per cent, the report stated.

As per the observations made in the report, 60 per cent of students enrolled under the Act are from economically weaker sections and 40 per cent from socially disadvantaged groups in the state. The online MIS portal, established in 2017 for streamlining the admission process, initiating lottery system and ensure timely redressal of grievances from various stakeholders, has improved the seat fill rate in the state.

The report further states that students in elementary classes in RTE seats score better grades in the academic assessments compared to those in higher classes. 54 per cent of the students across the state are learning their curriculum in Hindi, 44 per cent in English and 2 per cent bilingually.

It has also been mentioned in the report that process of amount reimbursement from state to schools has shown significant improvement in the last three years reducing the delays and time lapsed in transferring amount to beneficiaries. At present, in the session 2020-21, a total amount of Rs 161.5 crore has been paid directly from the state level to the accounts of schools that was pending amount from the year 2014-15 to 2019-20.

Indus Action Senior Lead Madhuri Dhadiwal, Senior Manager Madhu Verma and Manager Laxmi Priya R. were also present on the occasion.

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