Will come out with new nursery admission schedule: LG to HC

The Lt Governor today told the Delhi High Court that the government intends to scrap the five points awarded in inter-state transfer cases during nursery admissions here and come out with a new admission schedule by tomorrow.
The LG's submission before Justice Manmohan could impact the ongoing admission process as it could result in draw of lots all over again for admitting children to the nursery class in unaided private schools in Delhi.
The counsel appearing for Delhi government, being run by the LG after imposition of President's rule, said that by today evening they will take the decision to do away with the five point system and by tomorrow it will come out with a new admission schedule as well as re-work the points allocation system.

Under the existing system, out of total 100 points, 70 are given if the child lives in the neighbourhood of the school, additional 20 are given if a sibling is studying there, five points more if either parent is an alumni and five points if it is an inter-state transfer case, the petition said.
Only those having 75 out of 100 points are considered for draw of lots while those having 90 points are automatically admitted.
The government's submission was made during the hearing on a plea by Sudhanshu Jain challenging the system of giving five points to children whose parents have been transferred to the national capital from another state.

The petition, filed through advocates Prashant Mehta and Himanshu Kapoor, was disposed of by the court which said it be treated as a representation before Delhi government which has to expeditiously deal with it by giving a hearing to the petitioner.
A similar plea is already being heard by the bench headed by acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed which had sought a report from Delhi government on the rationale behind awarding five points to those children whose parents have moved to the national capital after transfer from another state.