RTI

RTI

Private Schools under RTI Act
Private Entities under RTI Act. As stated under the RTI Act only those private organisation which have been “substantially funded”, only they are covered under RTI Act, which includes the NGO's, schools, colleges which have been aided by the government.
Private schools’ being a private entity is not covered under RTI Act directly, but as per the Central Information commission any information with the government relating to the regulation and management of the private schools are covered under RTI Act. Hence it means that a citizen cannot directly file an RTI application to private school but can file an application for information to the government authority under which it is registered or to the government department which controls it.