The Directorate of Education, Delhi, has missed the June 30 deadline for “completing the admission procedure” for the economically weaker sections and disadvantaged groups categories.
The deadline was set by the Delhi High Court, which in its May 24 order had said, “Director of Education shall be in a position to complete the admission process by 30th June, 2012, the date already fixed.”
In a status report submitted before the court on May 21, the government had said “a total of 9,835 seats are vacant in 1,186 schools of Delhi in the EWS and disadvantaged groups category”.
The data did not include 765 public schools and a few minority schools as they did not provide statistics to the deputy directors of Education of their area.
The High Court had directed the government to provide information on the number of seats vacant under the EWS category and also inquired how the DoE intended to fill these. The same day, Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely had said that these seats would be filled by the Directorate of Education.
The Directorate advertised the seats vacant on May 28, and then again in mid-June.
Three days before the deadline, the DoE conducted draw of lots for EWS admissions to various city schools. According to petitioner Khagesh Jha, approximately 1,200 schools “hurriedly” conducted a draw of lots for EWS seats in their schools on June 27 and 28.
DoE officials said though the admission process is not complete yet, the process will be finished soon as the “draw of lots has been conducted in most schools”.
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