Patna, Oct. 20: After months of protest by school authorities against the registration order and its format, the state government has realised certain changes are necessary to make the format school-friendly.

Bimal Kumar Jain, member of Bihar State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, said: “There are a few points which are not appropriate and do not apply to private schools. The state government is planning to make some changes in the format.”

Jain said the changes are being discussed at the moment and would be incorporated in the registration form in a few days.

Though Jain did not specifiy the exact changes the government was proposing, he said there are certain points in the form that are irrelevant such as caste of children admitted on 25 per cent reserved seats.

Also the details of school infrastructure, such as number of classrooms and other facilities, required from government schools are also a part of the form for private schools. The private schools in the capital have an objection to these demands.

Mervyn Cowell, secretary of Private Schools and Children Welfare Association, had said at the all-school convention on October 16 that getting education in schools did not mean that one had to declare his/her caste. He told The Tel-egraph that as a student he had a number of friends but he never needed to know their castes, so why is the government asking for caste details?

D.K. Singh, chairman of Bihar Public Schools and Children Welfare Association, said undue interference of the government would not be tolerated. He said: “If the state government makes some changes in the format of registration and promises no undue interference, we can consider few things and talk on them.”