CM Shri schools entrance test challenged

11-yr-old moves SC; petition says RTE Act prohibits screening procedure, seeks lottery-based admissions in schools

- IFRAH MUFTI @ New Delhi

AN eleven-year-old student has approached the SC questioning the Government's admission policy for CM SHRI Schools, which requires students to take an entrance test for admission into Classes 6, 7, and 8.

The writ petition, filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, argues that the mandatory entrance tests violate Article 21-A, which guarantees the right to free and compulsory education, as well as Section 13 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, which prohibits the use of any “screening procedure” in school admissions.