India, Feb. 14 -- The State School Education Department has issued a Government Resolution (GR) introducing significant changes to admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. Under the revised process, parents applying online for the 25% reserved seats will now be able to view only those schools located within a one-kilometre radius of their registered residential address.

Earlier, parents had a wider choice while filling out the online form and were required to submit documents at the time of admission. As per the new rules, parents can select a maximum of 10 schools, but only those within the one-kilometre limit will appear on the portal. If applications exceed the number of available seats in a school within this radius, the lo...