# Karnataka private schools seek uniform RTE reimbursement from Centre 2026-08-06T01:27:10+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk A private schools' association in Karnataka has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a uniform national rate for the per-child reimbursement paid to private schools that admit students under the Right to Education quota, Deccan Herald reported. The association's figures show reimbursements ranging from Rs 25,155 to Rs 33,806 in Tamil Nadu, Rs 19,176 in Delhi, Rs 21,138 in Tripura and Rs 17,670 in Maharashtra, against Rs 4,419 in Madhya Pradesh and Rs 8,000 to Rs 16,000 in Karnataka. According to the association, Karnataka's rates still follow notifications issued between 2013 and 2018, even though overall education spending and central contributions have since risen. It has also asked state governments to publicly disclose how much they spend per child in their own government schools. The report did not include any response from central or state government authorities, nor any independent assessment of the costs involved. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The gap in per-child reimbursement the association cites, from Rs 4,419 in Madhya Pradesh to over Rs 33,000 in Tamil Nadu, is wide enough to explain why it wants a single national rate rather than state notifications, some of which Karnataka has not updated since 2013. The figures and the comparison come from the association's own letter, and Deccan Herald's report carried no response from the Centre or any state, nor any independent assessment of what government schools spend per child. That leaves the case for a uniform rate resting on one side's submission alone. The association's letter now sits with the Centre for a reply. ## Coverage - www.deccanherald.com Tags: Karnataka, Right to Education Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/private-schools-body-in-karnataka-writes-to-pm-modi-on-variance-in-rte-per-child-expenditure/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/private-schools-body-in-karnataka-writes-to-pm-modi-on-variance-in-rte-per-child-expenditure/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.