New Delhi: 13,000 schools in India are run by Christian organizations. According to an estimate by the country's highest child rights body, these schools are saving more than Rs 2,500 crores every year by not admitting children belonging to economically weaker sections (EWS). State that admission to economically weaker sections is mandatory as per the Right to Education Act.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is using estimates to bring minority institutions under the ambit of the Act. According to media reports, a report prepared by the NCPCR said that according to domestic social consumption on education in India for 2017-18, the average expenditure per student for general courses in private unaided institutions was Rs 18,267.

According to the study on minority education, about 12,904 Christian minority schools spread all over India have 54,86,884 children, which means these schools earn Rs 10,022.89 crores from students. The report says that these schools are being saved at a cost of 25 percent of the total number of children by not enrolling underprivileged or weaker sections of children, which is Rs 2,505.72 crores.

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