AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Saturday criticised Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for not being able to get funds for the State under the under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act despite the political formation led by the latter having 39 MPs in the Lok Sabha.In a statement, Palaniswami said it was “not acceptable” for the delay in the functioning of web portal for enabling admission of students under the Act by citing one reason or the other. The State government should “stop playing immediately with the education of children belonging to the poor and the middle class.”
Referring to the direction of the Madras High Court recently on the issue that the State government reimburse the private schools which make admissions under the RTE Act, the AIADMK leader urged Mr. Stalin to release funds from the State government’s Exchequer.