Nursery admissions for EWS, DG category seats begin

Admissions to 25 per cent seats reserved in nursery classes of Delhi's private schools for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Disadvantaged Groups (DG) categories began today.
The Directorate of Education (DoE) had last night announced the schedule and guidelines for admissions under the two categories, besides the schedule for 298 private schools running on DDA land which were earlier asked to put the admission process on hold.
The application process for the two categories will conclude on January 31. The first list will be displayed on February 28 and subsequent lists will come out on March 15 and 31.

"For schools recognised under Delhi School Education Act, admissions will be conducted through an online process and a centralised lottery to ensure transparency and accountability. Nearly 28,000 students in 1,158 schools stand to benefit from this," an official notification said.
"Post the lottery, private schools will simply be communicated the children who will be allotted admission in their schools. To avoid any duplication of admission, the department has made Aadhaar ID mandatory which will curb any attempt to have unfair advantage of admission by means of multiple applications," it said.
However, MCD schools and the institutes recognised under the Right to Education Act (RTE) shall have offline process of admission.

Though preference will be given to proximity, schools have been directed to accept forms from all applicants, irrespective of distance, and then sort those accordingly for draw of lots.
A list of schools and their vacancies has also been released along with the guidelines.
"We have launched an admission helpline and a portal to deal with grievances filed against private schools," a DoE official said.