Reserve 25 pc seats for EWS children upto class-I: HC to govt

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said all unaided private schools which start from the pre-school (nursery) level shall reserve 25 per cent of the total number of seats for EWS category students, in addition to giving equal percentage of reservation for their admission in the Pre-Primary (KG) level and in Class-I.

The bench also made it clear that the schools which start from the pre-primary (KG) level have to reserve 25 per cent of the total seats for disadvantaged group and EWS students in pre-primary and Class I level.

While disposing of 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 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act and reiterated its earlier order fixing deadline for special drive by Directorate Of Education (DOE) to admit students against all EWS/DG vacant seats by May 30,2012 for the academic session 2012-13. MORE