Ashpreet Sethi, New Delhi, Jun 27, 2012, DHNS :
A parent who had been running around for the last two years for the admission of his child under the economically weaker section category has finally managed it. His son will now join class 1 at Bal Bharati Public School, Pusa Road.
Ashok Kumar had applied in over 50 schools last year to get admission for his son in a private school near Karol Bagh, where he lives.
However, he did not succeed at any of the schools as they claimed there were no vacant seats under the EWS category.
“I wrote letters to over 50 schools last year requesting them to admit my ward. However, nobody replied. When I approached the schools some denied that there were seats, while some did not even speak to me,” Kumar said.
However, after the High Court’s order to fill vacant seats under the EWS category this year, the directorate of education asked all private schools to take EWS admissions depending on the number of vacancies.
Bal Bharati had over 100 applications for the one EWS seat and Kunal Kumar happened to be the lucky one.
For seven-year-old Kunal it is a joyous moment. “My school is huge and I always wanted to study in a school like this,” he said.
Ashok said he had applied to over 60 schools this year too.
The DoE has given two days to schools for conducting draws and to admit students under the EWS category to ensure that children attend classes as soon as schools reopen.
Over 200 private schools in Delhi held draws for EWS admissions on Wednesday. Rest of the schools will conduct draws on Thursday.
Breaking rules
While most schools successfully held the draw and gave admission to several children, one institution, Prabhu Dayal Public School in Shalimar Bagh, refused to hold the draw despite DoE’s instructions.
A parent made several visits to the school and the area education officer’s office to get his ward’s admission done but the school refused to abide by DoE’s order.
Authorities even threatened the parent and asked him to leave the school premises. When contacted, the authorities refused to comment.
Ashok Kumar had applied in over 50 schools last year to get admission for his son in a private school near Karol Bagh, where he lives.
However, he did not succeed at any of the schools as they claimed there were no vacant seats under the EWS category.
“I wrote letters to over 50 schools last year requesting them to admit my ward. However, nobody replied. When I approached the schools some denied that there were seats, while some did not even speak to me,” Kumar said.
However, after the High Court’s order to fill vacant seats under the EWS category this year, the directorate of education asked all private schools to take EWS admissions depending on the number of vacancies.
Bal Bharati had over 100 applications for the one EWS seat and Kunal Kumar happened to be the lucky one.
For seven-year-old Kunal it is a joyous moment. “My school is huge and I always wanted to study in a school like this,” he said.
Ashok said he had applied to over 60 schools this year too.
The DoE has given two days to schools for conducting draws and to admit students under the EWS category to ensure that children attend classes as soon as schools reopen.
Over 200 private schools in Delhi held draws for EWS admissions on Wednesday. Rest of the schools will conduct draws on Thursday.
Breaking rules
While most schools successfully held the draw and gave admission to several children, one institution, Prabhu Dayal Public School in Shalimar Bagh, refused to hold the draw despite DoE’s instructions.
A parent made several visits to the school and the area education officer’s office to get his ward’s admission done but the school refused to abide by DoE’s order.
Authorities even threatened the parent and asked him to leave the school premises. When contacted, the authorities refused to comment.
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