New Delhi: A fine of Rs.25,000 has been slapped on the Director and Deputy Director (Delhi Education Department) of the Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas (RPVV) by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) for a violation of the Right To Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

DCPCR Chairman Amod Kanth decided to impose the fine at a meeting of the commission because the RPVV schools had been making students undergo entrance tests in order to gain admission, which is a violation of the RTE Act.

According to the commission, the procedure of admission involving entrance examinations for admission in Class VI violates the provision of Section 13 (1) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.

Also, the application forms for admission into the schools cost Rs.25, which again violates Section 3 (2) of the RTE Act, 2009.

The commission has also directed the schools to not conduct such entrance tests for students in the future for admission to class VI in any of the RPVV schools. The schools were also ordered to not charge any fee directly or indirectly from the students, such as the Rs.25 charged for the application forms.