Chandigarh, Sept. 18 -- Days after the Punjab government issued admission guidelines under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, complaints have been filed with the school education authorities in districts against private unaided schools not granting admission to children from economically weaker sections and disadvantaged groups.

The complaints have been submitted by non-governmental organisations and parents to district education officers as per the provisions of the standard operating procedure (SOP) issued last month by the school education department to streamline the admission process. The complainants are seeking directions to private schools to admit children under Section 12(1)(c) of the Act an...