The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) had asked the PP International School to admit the EWS quota student and submit a compliance report by February 13. DCPCR had said that it had denied the child admission in the 2017-18 session due to ‘mismatch between online details and documentary evidence’, and ‘doubts over the authenticity of the income certificate submitted.’
Sources said that the child had been allotted a seat before his parents changed his name. However, during his admission process, he was being told that the documents did not match. DCPCR said the parents had issued an ad stating change. DCPCR member Anurag Kundu said, “They gave the corrected birth certificate and filed an affidavit.”
Vice-principal Deepti Bector said, “For changing a name, a legal process has to be followed. But DCPCR has tactfully picked up the partial part of the rejection reason — ‘mismatch between online details and documentary evidence’ — while the complete reason was ‘mismatch between online details and documentary evidence in birth certificate’. The child now has two birth certificates.”
However, according to Section 15 of the RTE Act, 2009, states that a child cannot be denied admission over lack of documents. In fact, Bector said, “DCPCR has not conducted enquiry of the complainant. It has only passed order against the school.”
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