He was responding to a calling attention motion raised in the Assembly by the Leader of Opposition Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and other legislators.
Vikhe Patil alleged that several schools were violating the RTE Act by not admitting students from the economically weaker sections of society.
"If a school does not admit a student, then it will lose its registration. Under any circumstance, a school cannot deny admission to a needy stduent," Tawde said.
Vikhe Patil also wanted to know if schools, which were following the RTE Act, had been given mandatory funds by the state government.
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Replying to it, Tawde said, "The state government has already made available Rs 154.20 crore to pay these schools. The remaining Rs 148 crore will be allocated in the current Budget session."
The minister, taunting the opposition, said that the previous Congress-NCP government had not paid these schools for three years and it was the BJP government which, after coming to power in November 2014, settled the dues by December that year.
"You should know your history," Tawde told the opposition.