The parents who could not fill up the online application of their wards under Right to Education (RTE), have got a big a respite as the primary education department has extended the last date of online application process.
As per a new notification of the education department, the parents can now fill up online application forms till March 30, 2019. Earlier the last date was March 22.
However, a number of parents and organisations had demanded to extend the date of online application process as most of the parents could not fill the applications. Looking into the demands, the department has decided to extend the date, informed Dinkar Temkar, Joint Director, Directorate of Primary Education.
It may be mentioned that till 12 noon of March 22, as many as 23,298 children’s application were submitted. Nagpur city has a total number of 7,216 seats reserved under RTI through 675 schools.