Investigation into alleged irregularities in the admission process at Mount Caramel School has been transferred from Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to Zilla Parishad. The move comes after loopholes were found in the inquiry conducted by the PMC.
"The school comes under the purview of PMC. But the complainants were unhappy with the investigation and pointed out various loopholes in the civic body's report. After this, the case was transferred to us. Our education officer has started probing the matter," said ZP education officer (primary) D Kurhade.
The complainants were education activists Arvind Gore and Nilesh Borate. "The admission procedure of the school was not at all transparent. In the 25 per cent quota reserved for students from the Economically Weaker Sections, priority is given to students living withing 3 km. Instead, eligible students within the 3-km radius were rejected and those from far away given admission," said Nilesh Borate.
"Although no fee should be charged from students belonging to EWS category, the school had charged fee from these students. Apart from this there was lack of transparency in the entire admission procedure," he added.
"The inquiry done by PMC was inadequate and there were many loopholes in the report. Hence, we requested the ZP education officer to investigate the case," he said.
The inquiry into the school's admission procedure will be conducted by KD Bhujbal, extension education officer, ZP.
"We have asked the school to provide us with the required documents and have also asked the Principal to attend the panchayat samiti," said KD Bhujbal.
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