EWS admission: Delhi govt teams conduct inspection in schools

Various teams constituted by Delhi Government to review the admission status of seats under the EWS and DG category today conducted random inspections in schools across the national capital.
The teams visited schools to check if admission has been granted as per the admission list submitted by the school.
"Twenty-four teams comprising three members each visited schools to check if schools have actually admitted all the students mentioned in the database. The officials also called up parents of the students who were in the list but were not admitted," an official said.
Identifying over 300 schools as "defaulters" for not sharing the status of admissions under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Disadvantaged Group (DG) category, the Directorate of Education (DoE) had last week decided to conduct random inspections in private schools.

The nursery admission process began from January 1 and was to conclude by March 31. Since the schools are yet to complete the process under the first list of draw of lots, the admissions have stretched beyond the stipulated time.
According to DoE officials, the second draw of lots will be conducted once the department is aware of the status of vacant seats.
In February, about 26,600 entry level seats in private schools were alloted through computerised draws under the EWS category, an experiment introduced by Delhi government for the first time.
DoE had received over 73,059 applications for admissions to nursery, UKG and Class 1 against the total numbers of 28,193 seats.