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Parents are confused, with the Directorate of Education (DoE) too deciding to come out with a schedule shortly.

“The department will be coming out with a schedule shortly,” Padmini Singla, director, DoE, said.

The admission guidelines released on Thursday are an exact copy of the guidelines released by NPSC. It asks schools to reserve 25 per cent seats for EWS category, 20 per cent for siblings, up to 5 per cent for alumni, up to 5 per cent for staff, up to 25 per cent for general category and 20 per cent for management quota.

“The criteria decided by the school shall be duly approved by the school managing committee. After this, it is to be put up on the school website and a copy sent to the DoE before admission process commences,” the guidelines state.

NPSC’s guidelines say distribution and submission of forms will be done between December 20 and January 20, draw of lots for EWS seats held between January 25 and February 5 and the whole process wrapped up by March 31.

The action committee for private schools has kept the same window for admissions — December 20 to January 20 — for issue and submission of forms, and wrapping up the admission process by March 31.

Schools said they will wait for the department’s schedule and make changes to the existing schedule, if needed. “We came out with our own schedule because the directorate was silent on the matter. But if the directorate is going to come out with a timleline, we will amend our dates accordingly,” S K Bhattacharya, president of the Action Committee for Unaided Private Schools said.