More than a quarter of EWS seats in Delhi government schools are vacant

More than a quarter of EWS seats in Delhi government schools are vacant

According to the feedback given by the Directorate of Education (DOE), more than 0ne-fourth of the seats reserved for the students of EWS (Economically Weaker Section) and disadvantaged categories are vacant in the private schools of the Delhi as students did not report for the admissions. According to the official records, seats close to 12,600 have been reported empty out of total 48,122 available seats. “These are especially in good/ reputed schools, there is no reason why parents should not report for admissions,” state the minutes of a DOE meeting held on August 16. The minutes of the meeting also shows that schools have completed 31726 admissions under the category and 1725 are on the waitlist. The fourth round of the lucky draw for the allotment of the seats was held by the Directorate on August 21, 2018. According to the right to Education Act, 25 percent seats are reserved for the students from the EWS category. As mentioned in the minutes of the meetings, the District Deputy Education officers have been directed to check with the parents if they were denied admissions in the schools. “If some parents (from the general category) approached schools and the school rejected them, that goes on to prove that the school deliberately curtailed general category admissions in order to avoid EWS/DG admissions at entry level. Action against such schools must be initiated,” the minutes state. According to the norms, children who do not report with the documents whose names have been selected for the admissions are marked as unreported.

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