The Right to Education (RTE) Act has not yet been able to guarantee admittance for approximately 79,000 youngsters in Uttar Pradesh, despite the government’s best efforts. Only 106,592 children have been accepted out of the 185,675 places available to qualified kids, according to official figures.

During the four RTE rounds, the state received approximately 3.35 lakh applications, 2.52 lakh of which were accepted. But a noteworthy 43% of the youngsters who were given places have not yet been accepted, indicating operational flaws.

Officials blame administrative errors, parents’ ignorance, and private schools’ resistance in a number of districts for the low acceptance rate. Despite rigorous oversight, just around 9,000 students have been accepted out of the 18,000 seats available in the state capital of Lucknow.

There are some of the lowest admission rates reported in districts like Meerut (31%), Moradabad (30%), Ghaziabad (34%), Kaushambi (34.64%), and Kanpur Nagar (36.13%). Some districts, on the other hand, have done quite well. Basti’s admission rate is 93%, whereas the best-performing districts are Hardoi (90%) and Etah (88%), Shravasti, Balrampur, Badaun (87%), Deoria (86%), Lalitpur, Mahoba (84%), and Jaunpur (83%).

Officials from the education department said the admissions process is still in progress. Parents have sometimes chosen not to complete the admissions process since they were not accepted into the school of their choice.

“RTE is not just a scheme but a commitment to social justice,” said Basic Education Minister Sandeep Singh in response to the issue. Even while many areas have seen good results, our goal is always to get as many disadvantaged kids admitted to private schools as we can.