Parents anxious as RTE admissions yet to begin in Tamil Nadu

COIMBATORE: Many parents across Tamil Nadu are awaiting the School Education Department’s notification on Right to Education (RTE) admissions in private schools, for the 2025-26 academic year. Parents said that the admission process through the single-window portal usually commences in April and the notification is released in March.

A parent, P Devaraj from Thondamuthur in Coimbatore, told TNIE that currently, admissions have started at private and government schools since March, for the next academic year. He said that he has been waiting to admit his four-year-old son to the kindergarten section in a private school under the RTE Act. “As the government is delaying the release of RTE notification for admissions, I am confused if I should admit my son to a government school instead,” he said. Many other parents share Devaraj’s plight.