AP Private Schools Free Seats Admissions 2023 Notification, Apply Online

AP Private Schools Free Seats Admissions 2023 Notification, Apply Online How to apply AP Private Schools 25% Free Seats 2023-2024 Academic Year 1st Class 25% Free Seats Admissions in AP Private Schools 12(1)C RTE 1st Class  ADMISSIONS 2023 Notification, Schedule, Online Apply Notification, Schedule, Online Application for 25% Free Seats in AP Private Schools Un-aided Schools 1st Class Admissions 2023-24 RTE,2009 - Andhra Pradesh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules,2010 - Implementation RTE 12 (1) (C) -  Instructions G.O.Ms.No.24  Dated: 26.02.2023

AP Private Schools Free Seats Admissions 2023 Notification, Apply Online Notification for admission of children in Class I under Section 12(1) (C) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 for the academic year 2023-24 for all Private Unaided Schools (IB/ICSE/CBSE/State syllabus) in Andhra Pradesh - Orders - Issued G.O.Ms.No.24  Dated:26.02.2023

 

 Read the following:

1. Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
2. Andhra Pradesh   Right   of   Children   to   Free   and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010.
3. G.O.Ms.No.129, School Education (Prog.II) Department, Dated:15.07.2022.
4. From the CSE, AP, No.ESE02-19028/3/2022-GSGR- 1, Dt: 06/12/2022.

 

One of the features of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 is to provide access and affordability for the 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. 

AP Private Schools Free Seats Admissions 2023 Schedule Important Dates:

The detailed schedule for admissions is as follows:

 

Activities	Schedule
Issuance of Notification with Calendar of events for admissions	04.03.2023
Registration  of all Private Un- aided Schools following IB/ICSE/CBSE/State syllabus in the portal	06.03.2023 to 16.03.2023
Window open  for  the  Student Registration on the portal	18.03.2023 to 07.04.2023
Determination of eligibility of students for admission through GSWS Data	9.04.2023 to 12.04.2023
Publication of 1st round lottery results	13.04.2023
Confirmation of student admissions by Schools	15.04.2023 to 21.04.2023
Publication of 2nd round lottery results	25.04.2023
Confirmation of student admission by Schools	26.04.2023 to 30.04.2023

 

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:

 

(a) Disadvantaged groups: Orphan, HIV affected and disabled	5%
SC	10%
ST	4%
(b)  Weaker sections which includes others Viz., BC, Minorities, OCs(whose annual Income does not exceed Rs:1,20,000/- Per annum) in Rural and Rs:1,44,000/- Per annum in Urban Area	6%
Total	25%

 

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.

 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

Other essential documents for ascertaining the eligibility criterion AP Private Schools Free Seats Admissions 2023 

• For the children with disability, certificate issued by the persons having requisite qualifications and experience as certifying authorities, designated by the Government or as the case may be, as per the Guidelines for Evaluation and Procedure for Certification of Various Specified Disabilities notified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 (SADAREM Certificate is to be uploaded)
• Children infected or affected with HIV/AIDs, will also have to submit their own or the medical certificates of their parents (Medical certificate is to be uploaded issued by the DMHO concerned).
• Transgender children shall submit a medical certificate issued by Civil surgeon/ Superintendent of Government notified hospitals as a proof of their eligibility under the provision.
• The certificates that shall be valid as a birth certificate includes all proof valid under the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016; Hospital/Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife (ANM) register record; Anganwadi record; Declaration through an affidavit of the age of the child by the parent or guardian.

AFTER COMPLETION OF THE ADMISSION PROCESS:

• The portal shall contain a school-wise list of children who got selected through the lottery process. The school will then update the status of admission of each child by selecting whether the child has taken admission or not.

•  The school shall individually approach the parents/guardian of each child for completing the admission process.

•  If the parent of the child to whom seat has been allotted is not traceable by the school for seven days, this may be treated as a dispute and referred to District Admission Monitoring Committee (DAMC). After the decision of DAMC, the seat may be released for admission of children in the waiting list
•  In case the aggrieved party is not satisfied by the decision of DAMC, the District Collector / Magistrate shall be the final appellate authority..
•  In case any dispute is noted against a specific school, the DAMC may take suomoto cognizance and initiate inquiry.
•  Any issues with regard to documents shall be taken up by the DAMC.
• Even after the completion of above stated process, if there is any seat vacant in any private school from the earmarked quota of 25 % seats, government will be competent to allot the vacant seats to eligible children through any method as it deems fit. The idea is, under no circumstances no earmarked seats for the children of disadvantage group and weaker section should remain vacant.

Appeal:

• Any parent/guardian can file grievance to the District Admission Monitoring Committee (DAMC) within 07 days from the list of display of selected children.
•  Any person aggrieved by the decision of the DAMC may file an appeal against such decision of the DAMC may file an appeal against such decision before the APSERMC.
•  Such appeals should be filed within three months from the date of order of the DAMC and APSERMC shall dispose of all appeals within a time period of three months of filing.
• The procedure for hearing all appeals shall be in accordance with rule 9(4) of APSERMC Act 21 of 2019.

Note:-The parents/guardians are requested to submit the application carefully with full awareness of notification. No Edit / Modification provision for the application once submitted.

 

The responsibilities of State Government, Commissioner of School Education, Regional Joint Director of School Education, District Educational Officer, Mandal Educational Officer, Parent, Principal/Headmaster, School Management, District Admission Monitoring Committee, are clearly mentioned in G.O.Ms.No.129, School Education (PROG.II) Department, Dated:15.07.2022 amended to G.O.Ms.No.20, School Education (PE- Progs.I) Dept., Dated:03.03.2011.

 

Note:- The details of Right of children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE Act, 2009), and Rules, (G.O.Ms.No.129 School Education (PROG.II) Department Dated:15.07.2022, G.O.Ms.No.20, School Education (PE-Progs.I) Dept., Dated:03.03.2011, G.O.Ms.No.50 SE (Prog-II), dt.01.10.2020, G.O.Ms.No.63, School Education (Prog.ll) Department, dt.28.12.2020)which is about six step validation, APSOP 2022- 23, SOP of NCPCR etc., and detailed information are available in the website http://cse.ap.gov.in to apply for admission under Implementation of RTE 12 (1) (C)for the convenience of the applicant/parent/guardian.

 

Mode of reimbursement:

Government, after careful consideration, hereby fix Per child expenditure for all classes per annum in all Private Unaided Schools following IB/ICSE/CBSE/State syllabus in Andhra Pradesh for implementation of 12 (1) (C) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 in the State, as follows:

 

Sl.No.	Category of Area	Per Child Expenditure (Per Annum ) in Rs.
1	Urban	8,000
2	Rural	6,500
3	Tribal/Scheduled Area	5,100

 

As mentioned in Para 2, 100% of the children belonging to disadvantaged groups and weaker sections going the private unaided schools are being covered under AmmaVodi scheme. As 100% of the children belonging to disadvantaged groups and weaker sections going the private unaided schools are getting covered under Ammavodi scheme, out of them only those parents whose children get seat in private unaided school through the process mentioned above will pay the reimbursement amount to the school after receipt of the Ammavodi amount at the end of the academic year with a condition of ensuring 75% of attendance of their ward. The reimbursement amount of per child expenditure to the school will be done by the parent from the amount they receive under the AmmaVodi scheme at the end of the academic year.

 

In case the parents do not pay that amount even after 60 days from the receipt of the amount under Ammavodi scheme, the Government will pay to the school deducting that amount from the Ammavodi amount of the subsequent. This process of paying the per child expenditure by the parents directly to the school will give right to the parents to question about the quality of education provided by the school to their ward.

 

All the entitlements and facilities, as mentioned in rule 8 (2) of the Andhra Pradesh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010,shall be provided to the students admitted under RTE 12(1)(C) by the school without any deviation. The managements shall not charge from the parents any amount more than the prescribed as per child expenditure by the Government.

 

CSE Instructions Rc.No.ESE02-19/27/2023-GSGR-1 Date: 28/02/2023:

School Education –Admission of children in Class I under Section 12(1) (C) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act,2009 for the academic year 2023-2024 for all Private Unaided Schools (IB/ICSE/CBSE/State Syllabus) in Andhra Pradesh- Instruction issued- Regarding 

 

 Ref: -

1.G.O.Ms.No.20, School  Education (PE- Progs.I)  Dept., Dated:0303.2011.

2. G.O.Ms.No.129, School Education (PROG.II) Department, Dated:15.07.2022

3. Constitution of DAMC already communicated in this office Memo.No.ESE02-19028/3/2022-GSGR-1, Dated:08.08.2022

4. G.O.Ms.No.24, School Education (Prog.II) Department, Dated:26.02.2023.

5. This office  Memo.No.ESE02-19/27/2023-GSGR-1, Dated: 28/02/2023 (Communication of reference 4^th cited)

 

The attention of all the Regional Joint Directors, the District Educational Officers and Additional Project Coordinators, Samagra Siksha in the state is invited in the above references cited and they are informed that the Government of Andhra Pradesh have issued Admission Notification pertaining to admission of children in Class I under Section 12(1) (C) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act,2009 for the academic year 2023-2024 for all Private Unaided Schools (IB/ICSE/CBSE/State Syllabus) in Andhra Pradesh vide reference 4^th read above which is communicated in the reference 5^th read above.

In this context, all the Regional Joint Directors, the District Educational Officers and Additional Project Coordinators, Samagra Siksha in the state are requested to go through the admission notification carefully issued for calling for online applications from the children of Disadvantaged groups and Weaker Sections for admissions under RTE 12(1)(C). In this regard they are requested to

(1) Communicate G.O.Ms.No.24, School Education (Prog.II) Department, Dated:26.02.2023, G.O.Ms.No.20, School Education (PE- Progs.I) Dept., Dated:0303.2011, G.O.Ms.No.129, School Education (PROG.II) Department, Dated:15.07.2022 and Standard Operating procedure of Andhra Pradesh Right of Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and relavant material to all the Private Managements irrespective board affiliations in your jurisduction before 02.03.2024 without fail.

• Instruct all the Private Un-aided  schools following IB/ICSE/CBSE/State Syllabus irrespective of their board affiliations in their jurisdictions to reserve 25% of seats in Class in I for the Academic year 2023-2024.
• Direct all the managements of all the Private Unaided schools (IB/ICSE/CBSE/State Syllabus) to register their schools CSE Web portal (will be enabled on 06.03.2023
• To follow the schedule as mentioned below in Admission Notification issued by the Government. 

• Ensure the responsibilities and duties of DEO, Parent, Principal / Headmaster, School Management, DAMC mentioned in G.O.Ms.No.129, School Education (PROG.II) Department, Dated:15.07.2022 and also in SOP are strictly followed in implementation of the RTE 12(1)(c) 

• Make function promptly the District Admission Monitoring Committee (DAMC) instituted in each district shall establish a Help- Desk in the district office to help parents/guardians regarding admissions and related procedure, during office hours manned by a minimum of two well-conversant officials of the District and it shall function till the admission process is closed after completion of the rounds of lottery or as and when all seats are filled.
• Ensure the free service for submission of online application for the children applying for all Private Un-Aided Schools under RTE 12(1)(C) at every Village / Ward Secretariat.
• Ensure providing as many help desks are established at School Level, Mandal Level, Divisional Level, District Level as to provide services to help the children who do not have the access to technology in filling up the application form.
• Instruct all the Managements of Private Un-Aided Schools to display in the notice board that they are implementing RTE 12(1)(C) by reserving 25% of seats in their schools for the Disadvantage groups and Weaker Sections as per the G.O.Ms.No.24, School Education (Prog.II) Department, Dated:26.02.2023.GSR INFO www.gsrmaths.in

• Instruct the managements of Private Un-Aided schools that any deviation in implementation of the RTE 12(1)(C) will lead to cancellation of Recognition / withdrawal of affiliation.
• Give wide Publicity at Village / Ward Secretariat level / Mandal Level for creating awareness among the parents through CRPs / Ward /Village Education Secretary / Voluntary Orgiaations /NGOs etc. and further issue press notifications frequently.

In view of the above, all the Regional Joint Directors, the District Educational officers and Additional Project Coordinators, Samagra Siksha in the state are requested to issue vide publicity through all the print and electronic media for reaching the parents and for implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 (RTE Act 2009) for the Academic year 2023-2024 as per the guidelines issued in G.O.Ms.No.129 of the School Education (Prog.11) Department, Dated:15.07.2022 and G.O.Ms.No.24, School Education (Prog.11) Department, Dated:26.02.2023 and Standard Operating Procedure.

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