Rohingya refugees say children not getting admitted to schools, activist writes to Chief minister

Farooq is among galore children of Rohingya refugees who person not been capable to get a schoolhouse admittance successful the Capital. The crushed — deficiency of documents specified arsenic Aadhaar paper and slope accounts, according to parents. This is, contempt them having exile cards issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

However, citing a circular issued by the Directorate of Education connected July 28, 2017, authoritative sources said authorities schools successful Delhi person been admitting children of refugees oregon asylum seekers successful accordance with the Centre’s policy. “The circular…explicitly allows admittance to refugees/asylum seekers. The papers issued by the Central authorities is capable to found impervious of residence and nary request of Aadhaar is made out,” authoritative sources said, adding, “Nearly 1,000 children from astatine slightest 5 nationalities are already enrolled successful Delhi authorities schools”.

Yet astatine Khajuri Khas, 1 of the settlements of Rohingya refugees successful the Capital, astir 30 children are enrolled crossed 4 schools successful the locality, portion 18 are out-of-school children, said Ahmed, a assemblage leader.

After having studied till Class 8 astatine G S K V Khajuri Khas, 15-year-old Asmidah recovered her sanction struck disconnected from the schoolhouse rotation erstwhile she fell sick during 2021. “My begetter is nary more. My parent unsocial manages the location by doing unusual jobs similar tailoring. I conscionable privation I could alteration the concern astatine my location but for this I person to study, right?” she asks.

She present homeschools her seven-year-old sister, who has ne'er been to a schoolhouse aft being denied admission, to work and write.

The anxiousness among the parents is palpable.

Asmat Ullah, a creator by profession, has been making regular rounds of each the 4 authorities schools successful the locality, gathering the principals to get his 2 daughters aged six and 7 admitted. “I studied lone till Class 10. I don’t privation the aforesaid destiny for my children. This is what I americium disquieted astir each the time. I conscionable privation to spot them get education,” said Asmat.

On Wednesday, Delhi-based advocator and child-rights activistic Ashok Agarwal wrote to Chief Minister Atishi flagging “unjust denial of admissions to Myanmar Rohingya refugees children by Delhi authorities schools”. “The studies of these students are being affected and are being deprived of rights…,” Agarwal wrote to the CM Wednesday.

Terming it “illegal, unjust, unethical, and arbitrary”, the advocator pointed retired that the denial of schoolhouse admittance to exile children is simply a usurpation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 arsenic good arsenic Article 21-A.