There's no official data to say over 100,000 schools have been shut down. You linked to some blog which just reported some figures which some "Civil society coa

There's no official data to say over 100,000 schools have been shut down. You linked to some blog which just reported some figures which some "Civil society coalition" fed to them. Without any reference. Please cite an official or reputed sources if you have. The "National Independent School Association", NISA, have been lobbying unsuccessfully against RTE for years. That's just because most private schools don't want to reserve 25% seats for backward/schedule caste. It's as simple as that. Someone should tell them it is 2015! You can't expect minority institutions to adhere to this quota for backward hindus, since minorities such as muslims are socially, economically, and educationally backward themselves. Also, it's not that a NCMEI chairperson can not be a hindu, but that he should be a minority himself. It makes total sense to me since it's the "National Minority Education Commission". I'll again rephrase. RTE needs to be applied to private schools so backward/schedule caste have access to education just like you and me. It does it by reservations and regulations. It doesn't apply to minority institutions because bulk of minorities are backward/scheduled themselves. So they can't be expected to have reservations for backward/scheduled from mainstream. I can't see how anyone can consider this to be vile from a neutral standpoint. In fact to me it just illustrates some of the most peculiar strengths of the Indian system.