AP RTE Admission 2023-24 Apply 25% Free Seats in Private Schools GO.24 Dt:26.02.23

One of the features of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 is to provide access and affordability for children belonging to disadvantaged groups and weaker sections towards 25% seats in Private Unaided Schools in the country.

In the State of Andhra Pradesh, 100% affordability to the private unaided school is being provided to all the children belonging to disadvantaged groups and weaker sections in the State through Ammavodi Scheme.

For the accessibility towards 25% of seats of Private Un- aided schools as per Section 12(1) (C) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009, for the children of disadvantaged groups and weaker sections, the process is being taken up through online by issuing this notification.

Accordingly, Government hereby issue the Notification for admission of children under 12 (1) (C) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 for allotment of 25% of seats in Class I, in all Private Un aided Schools following IB/ICSE/CBSE/State syllabus for the academic year 2023-24 for all the Private Un-aided schools in the State.

Accordingly, for the academic year 2023-24, online applications are invited for the admission into class-I in all the Private Unaided Schools in the State following IB/ICSE/CBSE/State syllabus, allowing every parent and guardian of eligible children Under Rule 9 of Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010 and they shall be responsible to apply for admissions under Sections 12(1) (C) during the academic year 2023-24 as per the schedule mentioned above.

In order to apply for admission against 25% reserved seats in all private un-aided schools (IB/ICSE/CBSE/State syllabus following Private Un- aided Schools) under the Act, parent / guardian of eligible children may visit the online portal http://cse.ap.gov.in and apply themselves or with the support of the Headmaster / Principal of the school concerned or Mandal Education Officer (MEO)/ Village and Ward The Parent/guardian of the eligible children shall select multiple schools for admission of their child as per his/her choice in order of priority.

Details of help desks for facilitating the application process

• Toll-free helpline number14417is provided for redressing the issues during and after the admission process;
• The Mandal Educational Officers and District Educational Officers shall have separate login links for the portal.
• First those applications shall be considered where the residence tagged Grama Sachivalayam is within 1 km of the radius from the Thereafter the applicants residing within the range of 3 km radius from the schools shall be taken into consideration.
•  Within the neighborhood criterion of 1 km and 3 km distance, preference will be given to children who have siblings studying in the same school.
•  If the applications of sibling category, in neighborhood range of 0-1 km are in excess of the seats of General Category, the draw of lots of all sibling applications (which have residence tagged Grama Sachivalayam within 1 km), shall be conducted to admit the students against the number of available Seats.
•  If the applications of sibling category within 0-1 km are less than the seats of non-DG/EWS category and if seats still remain vacant after exhausting sibling applications, the school shall admit the students on the basis of draw of lots from the remaining applications received under the neighborhood range of 0- 1 km.
•  In case the total applications of 0-1 km is less than the number of seats of non-DG/EWS category, and vacancies still remain unfilled after exhausting the applications from the distance range of 0-1 km, the applications from the second neighborhood distance range of more than 1 km and up to 3 km shall be considered in the above manner i.e. out of the total applications from the neighborhood range of more than 1 km and up to 3 km, admission will be given to all siblings.
•  If the applications of sibling category, in neighborhood range of more than 1 km up to 3 km are in excess of the vacant seats of non-DG/EWS category, the draw of all sibling applications (which have residence tagged Grama Sachivalayam within 3 km), shall be conducted to admit the students against the number of vacant seats.
•  If the applications of sibling category within 3 km are less than the remaining vacant seats of General Category and if seats still remain vacant after exhausting sibling applications, the school shall admit the students on the basis of draw of lots from the remaining applications received under the neighborhood range of more than 1 km and up to 3km shall be considered in the above manner.
•  If vacancies still remain unfilled after exhausting the applications from the distance range of more than 1 km and up to 3 km, the applications from beyond the range of neighborhood of more than 3 km shall be considered in the above manner.
•  All the Private Un-aided schools following IB/ICSE/CBSE/State syllabus in Andhra Pradesh shall reserve 25% of seats in Class-1 for the Academic Year 2023-24 for implementation of RTE 12(1)(C) as per the rule (1) of G.O.Ms.No.129, School Education (Prog-II) Dept, 15.07.2022, without deviation.

Help Desk:

• District Educational Officer / Mandal Educational Officer shall ensure that no charges are incurred from parents/guardians for the services offered at the help- These services shall be a part of the role and responsibilities of the District Educational Officer / Mandal Educational Officer and schools and a voluntary service by the interested NGOs.
•  The helpdesk shall stay functional till the completion of the admission process for the particular academic sessions.
•  Service for submission of application is also provided at every village/ ward secretariats in the state at free of cost.

AP Private Schools Free Seats Admissions 2023 Eligibility Criteria for Admission:

Eligibility of children for admissions under Section 12(1)(c) of the Act shall be determined under Rule 9 of the Andhra Pradesh Right of Children to Free And Compulsory Education Rules, 2010 read with G.O.Ms.No.50 SE (Prog-II), dt.01.10.2020 and G.O.Ms.No.63, School Education (Prog.ll) Department, dt.28.12.2020 which is about six step validation.

The order of preference shall be followed by the schools covered under RTE Act 2009 in admitting the children in the State:

Note:

1. The above arrangement of reservation in sequential order is applicable to all unaided private schools in plain area. Where orphans, HIV affected and the disabled are not available or available only to a certain extent, such vacancies will be filled by STs and SCs. After exhausting all applications for admission of Orphans, HIV affected and the disabled, SC and ST, if any seats remain unfilled such seats will be added to the percentage of weaker sections.
2. In Tribal areas, all ST Children should be admitted first. After exhausting applications of ST Children, SC Children may be admitted. After exhausting the SC and ST Children the remaining seats will be filed by others.

AP Private Schools Free Seats Admissions 2023 Procedure for submission of application online: 

Detailed procedure for applying ONLINE is available in the website http://cse.ap.gov.in.The parent/guardian can download the Information at free of cost from the website w.e.f  06.03.2023 onwards and they can submit their applications online from 18.03.2023 to 07.04.2023.

Documents Required for AP Private Schools Free Admission 2023-24

 The List of valid documents required for the application process as proof of residence tagged Grama Sachivalayam shall include any one of the following:

1. UID- Aadhaar Card of Parent / Guardian /Child
2. Voter Identity card
3. Electricity Bill
4. Driving License
5. Copy of Rent Agreement
6. Rice Card
7. Certificate from Tehsildar/Local Authority
8. Certificate from Child Welfare Committee (CWC), in case of children declared CNCP or CICL are residing in a Child Care Institution (CCI).The Aadhar number can be sought as per provisions under the Aadhar