Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- Over 1,500 private unaided schools have registered on the online portal of the Punjab government to begin the admission process for children from weaker and disadvantaged groups for the 2026-27 session under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

The school education department last week issued written directions to all private unaided schools to mandatorily register on the school registration portal and furnish details such as the number of seats in entry class, annual tuition fee, school category (girls/boys/co-educational), medium of instruction, education level, and registration certificate number and year. The RTE Act's Section 12(1)(c) mandates that private schools which do no...