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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai

Turning back clock 100 years: Bommai govt’s bid to scrap 4% Muslim quota touches off firestorm

March 26, 2023 2:52 pm

The then Deve Gowda govt’s move in 1994 to allot reservation to Muslims under ‘2B’ category for being ‘socially and educationally’ backward was part of a historical process that began during the rule of Mysore princely state in 1918

How caste works in an IIT

April 05, 2023 3:04 pm

Despite a string of measures to make campuses inclusive spaces, at some of India’s premier engineering colleges, caste remains a vexing issue. Pallavi Smart on how caste-based discrimination takes on many forms. One of which is a question...

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Delhi: 42,600 EWS children get admission in schools after draw of lots

February 28, 2019 1:28 am

Twenty-two per cent seats for admission to entry-level classes in the city’s private schools are reserved for children from economically weaker sections (EWS) and disadvantaged groups and three per cent for those children with special needs.

Govt increases reserved seats for poor kids in pvt schools

February 05, 2014 6:07 pm

Only 1,012 seats out of 5,300 got filled. However, from 5,300 seats the Gujarat Education Department has proposed 18,300 seats for coming academic session

L-G orders 20% EWS reservation,free books in schools on DDA land

December 31, 2013 1:35 am

Schools on DDA land had to reserve 25 per cent seats for admission till Class I,and 10 per cent beyond it. Now,these schools will have to reserve 20 per cent seats for all admissions beyond Class I.

EWS admission in pvt schools: 3-year residency criteria for migrants quashed

October 10, 2013 1:00 am

The Delhi High Court has quashed an order that requires migrant parents to stay in the city for three years continuously before their children can be admitted in a private school under the EWS category.

Notify vacancies online every week,govt tells city schools

August 13, 2013 1:42 am

Pvt unaided schools told to display information on seats in both general and EWS category

EWS seats: Pvt schools defy,say no vacancies

March 23, 2013 11:30 am

UT Education Department said more than 400 seats under the EWS category in the entry-level classes were vacant in 48 private schools.

EWS seats: Pvt schools defy,say no vacancies

March 23, 2013 3:37 am

Quota Seek clarification on certain norms

UT snubs ISA for raking up issues which have no connection with RTE Act

April 20, 2012 2:15 am

The war of words between the UT Administration and Independent Schools Association escalated on Thursday,with the administration sending across a strongly worded reply to the queries,raised by the ISA,relating to implementation of the Right to Education Act 2009.