Act against errant edu institutions: MP Minority Comm to govt

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Press Trust of India Bhopal
Last Updated : Apr 08 2016 | 9:23 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh Minority Commission has asked the state government to initiate action against those educational institutions which enjoy 'minority status' but have been violating rules of admission.
"We have forwarded a complaint that had came to us stating the minorities education institutions are not admitting students of minorities to their schools, but enjoying minority status," MPMC secretary Nisar Ahmed told PTI today.
He said the Commission had received a complaint in this regard few months ago and "we forwarded it to the state Minority Welfare Department for action".
"After getting the complaint, we looked into the matter and found that the minority schools were not admitting minority community students," he said.
"Besides, we have come to know these schools are not following the Right to Education Act and denying admission to poor students," Ahmed added.
Ahmed alleged the state Minority Welfare Department has been issuing minority status certificates to educational institutions in violation of guidelines and set criteria.
To a query, Ahmed denied that the complainant MA Khan, of Citizen Welfare Forum, sought the scrapping of minority status of such schools.
Repeated attempts to contact Khan did not fructify.
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First Published: Apr 08 2016 | 9:23 PM IST

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