Grade 1 admissions: Ministry to inquire

The Education Ministry has decided to launch a special investigation into the admission of the students to Grade 1 of popular schools in 2017, after receiving complaints that irregularities had taken place in the admissions.

The ministry said an investigation would be launched into the procedure of the school admissions to Grade 1 in 2017, in randomly selected popular schools around the country. Inquiring officers would visit the schools and examine the records relating to the admissions and also visit the addresses at which the students were said to be residing. (Ranjan Kasturi)