HC: Ensure 25 pc EWS reservation in all classes

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed all the unaided private schools in the city to ensure 25 per cent reservation in all classes between nursery and Class I for students belonging to disadvantaged groups and economically weaker sections.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed all the unaided private schools in the city to ensure 25 per cent reservation in all classes between nursery and Class I for students belonging to disadvantaged groups and economically weaker sections (EWS).

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said all such schools,whenever they admit students between nursery and Class I at at any stage,will have to admit 25 per cent EWS students as per the RTE Act.

While disposing a plea by NGO Social Jurist,through advocate Ashok Agarwal and Khagesh Jha,the bench relied on a Supreme Court judgment,which had upheld the constitutional validity of the RTE Act and reiterated May 30 as the deadline for admitting such students under a special drive of the Directorate of Education (DoE).

Agarwal had referred to the DOEs report,mentioning they had sought a clarification from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) on whether the 25 per cent criterion for EWS admission was also applicable when admissions are given beyond the entry-level in schools.

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