Centre has issued fresh guidelines prohibiting schools from announcing community, castes or tribes of students and labeling students as belonging to reserved category. This follows reports of discrimination against students admitted under Right to Education, RTE.

The guidelines issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development said, schools will prescribe procedures and mechanism to deal with complaints. It will be obligatory on the part of school to dispose of complaints within 60 days from the date of receipt or submission of complaint.

The move comes amid complaints from some states that students who got admission from the weaker sections under the 25 per cent quota under Right to Education were being discriminated.

The fresh guidelines seeking to ensure non-discriminatory school environment said a school cannot discriminate against a child belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups in admission by breach of the policy of reservation in admissions or by denying or limiting access to any benefit arising from such enrolment provided by the school.

The schools will also ensure that no child in this group is discriminated against by segregating them from others in playground or canteen or any provision of mid day meal, or any other amenities provided by the school including toilets and drinking water facilities.