Ranchi, Jan. 1: Concerned over the ?commercialisation? of education at institutions managed by the Roman Catholic Church in the country, the Catholic Council of India (CCI) will review its education system at a meeting in Velankaly, Tamil Nadu from January 6 to 8.

Cardinal Telesphore P. Toppo, who is also the head of the CCI, would chair the three-day meeting.

The proceedings of the Velankaly meet would be placed before the Catholic Bishops Council of India, the highest decision-making body of the Roman Catholic Church in the country.

The cardinal told The Telegraph that CCI would ?strictly? review all educational institutions being managed by the Roman Catholic Church in the country.

Statistics are also being compiled on the number of schools, number of students in each school and facilities these schools are providing to Scheduled Tribes and Castes and the backward classes, he added.

?The CCI would deliberate whether the church-run institutions have restricted themselves to serving the rich and the upper middle class only. Besides, it would also monitor if we have been able to serve the marginalised, too,? Toppo said.

The cardinal refuted charges that the education system at the church-run schools has been commercialised. But he added that to impart quality education to a number of students, the institutions need money.

To meet the expenses at the institutions, authorities might ask rich parents to pay more money to give considerable concession to poor students, he said.

?In every school, there has to be a community approach,? he asserted.

He also warned that any church official found guilty of selling education for monetary or other gains would be taken to task.