Friday, March 19, 2010

Writ filed on Residential school admission test

By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, May 18: A writ petition has been filed in the AP High Court against withdrawal of the notification for entrance examination for admission in 5th standard in AP Residential Schools.

Mr. Narre Venkanna, a resident of Nalgonda district, filed the petition seeking a direction to conduct the common admission test for 2010-11 academic year.

The petitioner told the court that the state government had issued a notification on March 15 stating that the common admission test woud be held on May 23 for admitting students in AP Residential Educational Institutions, AP Social Welfare Institutions, and AP Tribal Welfare Institutions. He said that the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights had issued a direction to the state government on May 6, to withdraw the notification for the common admission test.

He contended that the action was violative of the Rights of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009. The petitioner urged the court to suspend the operation of the directive issued by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

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