mysore the enforcement of right to education rte act seems to have made no impact on schools in mysore as a blatant violation of the act the schools continue to reject the applications of children who were recommended by the education department the joy of r anand kumar a daily wage worker who wanted to admit his threeyearold son yuvaraj to lkg was shortlived in spite of having his application approved by the education department the same was rejected by nalanda educational society an unaided institution instead the institution handed him a letter addressed to ddpi and beo saying that they are attached to karnataka unaided schools managements association kusuma which has moved the high court against the implementation of the rte this academic year when contacted nalanda education society high school headmaster natesha said we will decide on rte admissions only after the government clarifies on minority aided schools as of now admissions are over and there are no seats for the present academic year kusuma will implement rte once the confusions are cleared he added to ensure admission anand said he was asked to pay the fees which will be reimbursed to him if the government extends financial assistance under rte act they asked me to pay the fees first he added no institution aided or unaided can deny admissions under rte act especially when the education department recommends the child said d k basavaraj deputy director of public instructions many schools are urging the government to implement rte act from next year and the same will be discussed with zp ceo he stated zp ceo ajay nagabushan asserted that rte should be implemented this year in all 86 children have been recommended by the education department they must be admitted to schools without any hurdles he said adding failing which notice will be issued to schools seeking reply within 30 days if they go unanswered the schools recognition will be cancelled block education officer raghunandan said many schools are not accepting children recommended by the education department under rte arguing that all seats are full private school managements are overriding education officers through political powers alleged m j sureshgowda president of vishwamanava vidyarthi yuva vedike the authorities are not serious in ensuring the effective implementation of rte and are playing with the lives of the poor he added