Amid crisis in the nursery admission in private recognised unaided schools on DDA land, the Delhi Government started admission in the private unaided non-minority schools for children belonging to economically weaker section (EWS) and socially disadvantaged groups on Tuesday.
For schools recognised under Delhi School Education Act, the admissions will be conducted through online process and a centralised lottery to bring in the transparency and accountability since this process eliminates any interference of private schools during the admission process.
“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,” said an official notification.
On the other side, the private schools on DDA land have taken the guidelines set by the Government on distance criteria with a pinch of salt. The schools decided to move to court against the new guidelines for nursery admissions. The Delhi Government had on Saturday announced a fresh set of guidelines for 298 private schools running on DDA land.
“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.
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.
“Keeping in line with its commitment to serving children, the Directorate has launched Helpline that can be reached at 8800355192 & 8800355146 during working hours.”
The Directorate had recently launched a portal to deal with grievances filed against private schools which can be used by citizens to have their grievances resolved in time bound manner. The portal is: http://doepvt.delhi.gov.in/.