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While the school was supposed to admit 23 EWS students, as per Chandigarh education department officials, there was not a single EWS admission on record. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Chandigarh: EWS students not admitted, St Kabir school gets notice

The UT education department has issued a show-cause notice to St Kabir Public School, Sector 26, for not admitting EWS students in the 2023-2024 academic session. The school has been told to either admit economically weaker section (EWS)?students by 5 pm on Monday or respond to the notice by the same deadline. Failure to do so, will invite legal action under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE)?Act.

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