GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

Ministry of Human Resource Development

DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY 

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTABRED QUESTION NO. 370 

Admission in Private School 

ADMISSION IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS

370. SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR: 

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a)        whether there have been any complaints about discrimination against Indian students vis-a-vis admissions in private schools in Bangalore or an other city in the country; and

(b)        the recourse available to students faced with such incidents of discrimination?

ANSWER 

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE

DEVELOPMENT

(SMT. D PURANDESWARI)

(a) & (b): No case of discrimination against Indian students for admission in private schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in Bangalore or any other city in the country has come to the notice of CBSE. Affiliation Bye-Laws of the CBSE provide that “admission in the schools affiliated to CBSE shall be made without any distinction of religion, race, caste, creed, place of birth or any of them”.

All the schools affiliated to CBSE are expected to follow the provisions of its Affiliation and Examination Bye-Laws. In the event of violation CBSE has the power to initiate action against schools which may lead to disaffiliation for affiliation depending on the gravity of violations.