Number of applications for RTE in Mysuru comes down

MYSURU: Every 12 months, from the very first day of online filing of applications for the 25% free seats under the Right to Education (RTE) quota in non-public unaided colleges, the department of public instruction (DPI) was flooded with applications.

But this 12 months, despite the fact that the net utility filing hyperlink used to be activated on March 20, till now just 14,685 scholars have applied for the seats. Compared to the rest of the towns, the call for is prime for RTE free seats in Mysuru with 2,602 scholars making use of for RTE free quota seats. The number of RTE free seats to be had in the three blocks of Mysuru city is 678.


S Jayakumar, director, DPI, stated across the state the number of free seats in non-public unaided colleges to be had for variety under the RTE quota is round five,000 this 12 months. It used to be 1.52 lakh last 12 months.

“We introduced changes in the RTE admission tips. It resulted in the drop in number of RTE applications,” he stated.

According to DPI resources, in the academic 12 months 2018-19, across the state, 2.three lakh scholars had applied for the 1.52 lakh seats made to be had under the RTE free quota. But this 12 months, with the state government bringing amendment to the RTE admission laws, the number of seats has come down by round 95% to round five,000.

Shyamala Sukumar, a father or mother from Saraswatipuram in Mysuru, stated the federal government must open its eyes to the plight of students and their oldsters, atleast now. “I additionally wanted to use for an RTE seat. But there are no seats in good non-public colleges. That is why I didn’t follow,” she stated.

Big loss to cyber centres

It is the cyber centre owners who are feeling the warmth of this relief in number of applications. “Last 12 months, I was operating till midnight to fill RTE applications online. But this 12 months, there are rarely any oldsters coming to use for the RTE seats online,” stated Manjula A Rao, a cyber centre owner on MG Road.

RTE Seats In Mysuru

Mysuru Rural

Total RTE seats: 42

No of applications gained: 10

Mysuru South

Total RTE seats: 221

No of applications gained: 892


Mysuru North


Total RTE seats: 415


No of applications gained: 1,700


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