Admission stalemate persists, Stay on draw of lots to continue

The agonising wait for parents to get their children admitted in nursery was prolonged as the Delhi High Court today said its stay on fresh draw of lots will continue till Friday when it will hear pleas against the admission guidelines.
The court also rejected the data provided by Directorate of Education (DoE) of Delhi Government in pursuance of earlier direction seeking details pertaining to nursery admission in the unaided recognised private schools.
The bench of Acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul asked the DoE to file the data afresh containing recent status of seats and other aspects related to the nursery admission.

During the brief hearing, the court was not convinced with the reply of government that nursery admission guidelines have been framed after proper deliberations, taking into account all relevant issues including the neighbourhood scheme.
"What about the larger issue? What about the right to education? The issue is simply of demand and supply. Seats are few and demands are more. What are you doing to deal with it," it said.
"In every academic year, the courts are flooded with such petitions," the bench said in the packed courtroom.

As per the guidelines, out of 100, 70 points are given kids who reside within 0 to 8 kms of a school. Twenty points to a child whose sibling is studying in the same school and 5 points are earmarked for the kids whose parents were alumni.

Delhi government has recently done away with five points which were being awarded to kids under inter-state transfer category.
The court is hearing several petitions and appeals filed by parents against various aspects of nursery admission.
One of the appeals seek scrapping of 5 and 20 points being awarded to kids falling under alumni and sibling categories respectively saying the kids, having only 70 neighbourhood points, are left with no hope or scope of getting admission.
Another appeal has been filed by some parents against the March 6 order of the single judge bench by which government was asked to conduct a fresh draw of lots among similarly placed kids who have secured 70 points on the basis of neighbourhood criteria.