chandigarh the city private unaided schools have showed least interest in filling the reserved seats under the right to education act citing finance as a major problem and pointing fingers at administration for not adhering to its duties toi gets delhibased educationist arun kapur talking about how difficult it is for private schools to teach a few children for free admitting 25 of children should be seen as a resource and not as a burden says the educationist schools need to explore the talents these kids from economically weaker section ews bring with them it is sad that the schools have to be told by the court to admit 25 ews children instead of taking this step voluntarily adds kapur asked if the ews children feel discouraged at private schools and fear discrimination kapur says it is natural that the schools will have to reach out to these students as they would be hesitant to approach and instead of discouraging the children on behalf of their status the schools will have to encourage them by making them feel proud of the area they come from opines kapur there are a few schools that have been doing so since many years he says answering how difficult it is for a private school to educate 25 of the ews children kapur agrees that the step may have initially increased the financial burden on the schools as they had to increase teachers salaries and admit ews children simultaneously under the right to education act compulsory elementary education has to be provided to children till the age of 14years the act came into being in 2009 and ruled that private schools admit 25 ews students every session