1st Class 25% Free Seats Admissions in Private Schools in AP for 2023 Guidelines Eligibility Online Schedule Open Now

1st Class 25% Free Seats Admissions in Private Schools in AP for 2023 Guidelines Eligibility Online Schedule Open Now
1st Class 25% Free Seats Admissions in Private Schools in AP for 2023 Guidelines Eligibility Online Schedule Open Now

SE – 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
SCHOOL EDUCATION (PROG.II) DEPARTMENT   G.O.Ms.No.24 Dated:26.02.2023

1st Class 25% Free Seats Admissions in Private Schools in AP for 2023 Guidelines Eligibility Online Schedule Open Now

1st Class 25% Free Seats Admissions in Private Schools in AP for 2023 Guidelines Eligibility Online Schedule Open Now

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, Lr.No.ESE02-19028/3/2022-GSGR-1, Dt: 06/12/2022.

ORDER:
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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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. The detailed schedule for admissions is as follows:

1st Class Admissions in 25% Free Seats in Private Schools Time Schedule

Activities Schedule
Issuance  of  Notification  with Calendar of events for admissions 04.03.2023
Registration  of all Private Un- aided School 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

1st Class 25% Free Seats Admissions in Private Schools in AP Order of Priority for allotment of seats

2. 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.

(i) 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 Secretariat. 

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.

(ii) (a) Details of help desks for facilitating the application process;

(b) Toll-free helpline number 14417 is provided for redressing the issues during and after the admission process;

(c) The Mandal Educational Officers and District Educational Officers shall have separate login links for the portal.

(d) First those applications shall be considered where the residence tagged Grama Sachivalayam is within 1 km of the radius from the school. Thereafter the applicants residing within the range of 3 km radius from the schools shall be taken into consideration.

(e) Within the neighbourhood criterion of 1 km and 3 km distance, preference will be given to children who have siblings studying in the same school.

(f) If the applications of sibling category, in neighbourhood 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.

(g) 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.

(h) 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.

(i) 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.

(j) 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 3 km.

(k) 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.

(l) 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, dt.15.07.2022, without deviation.

1st Class Admissions in 25% Free Seats in Private Schools in AP for 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%

1st Class Admissions in 25% Free Seats in Private Schools Online APPLICATION Procedure

How to Submit the application online for 1st Class Admissions in 25% Free Seats in Private Schools in AP for 2023

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.

(i) The List of valid documents required for the application process as proof of residence tagged Grama Sachivalayam shall include any one of the following:
a. UID- Aadhaar Card of Parent / Guardian /Child
b. Voter Identity card
c. Electricity Bill
d. Driving License
e. Copy of Rent Agreement
f. Rice Card
g. Certificate from Tehsildar/Local Authority
h. 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 Aadhaar.

(ii) Other essential documents for ascertaining the eligibility criterion
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)

Selection Procedure and Admission Procedure for 1st Class 25% Free Seats Admissions in Private Schools  

AFTER COMPLETION OF THE ADMISSION PROCESS
a) 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.

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

c) 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.

d) In case the aggrieved party is not satisfied by the decision of DAMC, the District Collector / Magistrate shall be the final appellate authority.

e) In case any dispute is noted against a specific school, the DAMC may take suomoto cognizance and initiate inquiry.

f) Any issues with regard to documents shall be taken up by the DAMC.

g) 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

1st Class 25% Free Seats Admissions in Private Schools in AP for 2023 School Fee Reimbursement Guidelines

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

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 year. 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.