EWS admissions: 25 schools served showcause notices

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The office has also warned the schools that if they will not admit the requisite number of Economically Weaker Section Students as per the UT administration’s land allotment scheme, not only will their lease deeds be cancelled but their affiliation and recognition will also be withdrawn.

Prince Dhawan, Assistant Estate Officer-cum-Sub Divisional Magistrate (Central) said, “These showcause notices are a warning to all schools who have been violating the land allotment scheme. They should remember that they had not only bought lands at concessional rates but with a condition that they will admit students

from economically weaker section up to 15 per cent of the available seats in each school.”

“We have issued the notices to 25 schools today, while 14 schools will also be issued the notices soon as their land allotment details are being collected. It’s not only about these 39 schools in the city, we plan to examine every private aided school,” Prince Dhawan added.

Kamlesh Kumar said the schools were continuing to violate the norms by not admitting the EWS students and submitting excuses that they cannot find enough EWS student for their seats.

The schools which have been issued showcause notices include — Strawberry Fields World School, Sector 26, DAV School, Sector 8, Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Sector 38, St Kabir Public School, Sector 26, Aanchal Education Trust, Ashiana Public School, Sector 46, Kids-r-Kids, Sector 46, Orthodox Syrian Trust, DAV School, Sector 39, Bhawan Vidyalaya School, Sector 27, Shishu Niketan School, Kundan International School, Nav Bal Niketan, St Xaviers School, Sector 44, Young Scholars Society, Prince Model School Society, Sector 47, Heritage Educational Society and Ramakrishna Mission, Sector 15.

Dhawan also said, “We have written to the Director Public Instructions to provide us a list of more such schools which had got land on concessional rates from the Union Territory Administration and are not abiding by the land allotment scheme.”

Not the first time

* In May, 2015, the Estate Office had issued showcause notices to 19 schools for not admitting children from the Economically Weaker Section as per the Union Territory’s land allotment scheme.
* Out of the 19 schools that were issued notices, only seven submitted replies to the office.
* Some schools had claimed that they did not find EWS children at the time of admission, while some had stated that they are not bound to admit children from the Economically Weaker Section since they did not get the land on concessional rates.